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Iraqi journalist shot dead in Baghdad
Sep 7, 2010, 9:31 GMT
Baghdad - Gunmen shot dead Tuesday a journalist working for al-Iraqiya TV, the state-run television channel said.
Riyad al-Sarai, a presenter on a political talk-show, was killed in a drive-by shooting in al-Harithiya district in western Baghdad, witnesses told the channel.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 139 reporters have been killed in Iraq since 2003, when US-led forces toppled the regime of former president Saddam Hussein.
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