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Article: Iraq and Russia Deadly for Journalists
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- March 6, 2007
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LONDON - More than 1,000 journalists and their support staff have died in the past decade, with Iraq and Russia topping the list as the deadliest countries for the profession, according to a report released Tuesday.
Most of those killed were men who died in their home countries. Nearly half were shot. Others were blown up, beaten to death, stabbed, tortured or decapitated.
The vast majority of those killed were on staff - 91 percent versus 9 percent freelance, according to the report from the Brussels-based International News Safety Institute.
Only one in eight deaths resulted in prosecution.
"This report breaks new ground in capturing how dangerous the pursuit of news has become," ...