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In the Middle East, the Iraq war boosted the death toll of media workers
to 54, IFJ said, stressing that so many unexplained deaths proved the need for
international rules to force independent investigations of these killings.

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" TNG-CWA represents 35,000 journalists and media workers in the United
States and Canada and works with the IFJ and the International Safety
Institute to better prepare journalists and media workers for the dangers they
face around the world.

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In Washington, Linda Foley, president of The Newspaper Guild-CWA, said
much more must be done to ensure the safety of reporters because "their
ability to report fully is the ultimate guarantee of press freedom for all of
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Too often, so-called
investigations into the killings of our colleagues are merely a whitewashing
exercise," said Aidan White, IFJ general secretary.

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IFJ released the report today at news conferences in Brussels, London and
Sydney, Australia, and renewed its call for the United States and other
governments to better investigate media deaths.

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That's the worst death toll ever
recorded by the IFJ in a 12-month period, and that number likely will increase
as more information becomes available, the IFJ said.

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The IFJ report cited several examples of the failure of the United States
and other nations to fully investigate media killings, particularly in Iraq,
and announced plans for a second worldwide protest on April 8, the second
anniversary of the Palestine Hotel attack in Baghdad where two journalists
were killed in 2003.

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Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained in this release, which are not historical
facts, may be considered "forward -looking statements" under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. WASHINGTON, A Dark and Deadly Year for Media," the IFJ recorded at least
129 killings, murders, assassinations , crossfire victims, accidents and
unexplained deaths among media workers. In 1994, 115 deaths were
recorded by the IFJ, a number later updated to 157. "It is inexcusable
in an age when the world relies more than ever on media to tell the story that
many governments fail to bring the killers of journalists to justice, or
excuse themselves when their own people are involved," White said.

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Grim Report Urges Government Action to Limit Death Toll of Media Workers

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Africa remains a serious danger zone, with three gruesome killings in
2004, one journalist still missing and presumed dead and other attacks
providing "grim reminders of the constant dangers facing media workers across
the continent," the report found.

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Forward-looking
statements are based on current expectations and the current economic
environment.

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This press release includes "forward-looking statements " within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected.ifj.

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More information is
available at http://www.newssafety.

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The report examines media workers' deaths in 34 countries and is highly
critical of the response of governments to those deaths. In Latin America, a
continent where no country is at war, it is hard to conceive of the fact that
26 journalists were killed during the year, the IFJ report said, citing
attacks on reporters and writers by assassins under the control of drug-
traffickers and others who seek to "stifle independent voices and punish
journalists who tell the truth.

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that it will be meeting with Blair Gerod, SE Asia Director of US
Telesis, to sign an agreement in principal for services to support
ATCT's development goals.
By region, the IFJ report lists the name, profession and circumstances
under which media workers were killed last year.


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US Telesis, through its wholly owned subsidiary Teledata
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"Too often, governments display a heartless and cruel indifference to the
suffering endured by the victims and their families.

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The full report is available at http://www.

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