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CSBC
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Photographer's 'mystery' death
      #684362 - 29/07/2008 14:52

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Zou
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Re: Photographer's 'mystery' death [Re: CSBC]
      #684563 - 29/07/2008 20:57

Not entirely sure Google have the sensitivity thing nailed - fatloss4idiots.com being an ad they place on that news page....

Sad to see this kind of news, as either possibility is less than satisfactory.

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Malcolm_Stewart
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Re: Photographer's 'mystery' death [Re: CSBC]
      #684687 - 30/07/2008 00:29

I think this highlights the real dangers of operating in a country where we're not welcome, and there's no consular access. I wonder how much pressure is put on journalists to ignore the warnings?

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Re: Photographer's 'mystery' death [Re: CSBC]
      #685533 - 01/08/2008 09:54

This is the second photographer to die in "mysterious" circumstances in Africa recently. Photojournalist Trent Keegan was murdered in Kenya a few months back.

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