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...is today and (sorry for the late notice) the names of 59 journalists who died while reporting in 2005 will be added to the Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial in Freedom Park today. (Their names when you click below) From the release: "The memorial, located in Freedom Park, will pay tribute to 1,665 reporters, editors, photographers and broadcasters who died or were killed while on assignment. David Westin, president of ABC News, will speak at the 11 a.m. ceremony." For a list of all 1,665 reporters, visit www.newseum.org and select "Journalists Memorial." Our thoughts are with them all and their families, loved ones and colleagues today...like every day. From the release: "Each journalist is listed under the country in which he or she died. The journalistsâ€™ names are followed by the name of the organization for which they worked. Azerbaijan Elmar Huseynov, Monitor Bangladesh Sheikh Balaluddin, Sangram Gautam Das, Samakal Brazil Jose Candido Amorim Pinto, Radio Comunitaria Alternativa Colombia Julio Harnando Palacios Sanchez, Radio Lemas Democratic Republic of the Congo Franck Kangundu, La Reference Plus Ecuador Julio Augusto Garcia Romero, La Bocina (of Chile) Haiti Abdias Jean, WKAT (of the United States) Robenson Laraque, Tele Contact India Asim Nath, Aajkaal Iraq Ahmed Adam, Al-Mada Rafed Mahmoud Said Al-Anbagy, Diyala TV Khaled Al-Attar, Al-Iraqiya Adnan Al-Bayati, Freelance Ahmed Al-Rubaiâ€™i, Al-Sabah Ahmed Wael Bakri, Al-Sharqiya Fadhil Hazem Fadhil, Al-Hurriya Fakher Haider, The New York Times (of the United States) Mohammed Haroon, Nabdh Al-Shabab Ahmed Jabbar Hashim, Al-Sabah Maha Ibrahim, Baghdad TV Saleh Ibrahim, Associated Press Television News (of the United States) Ali Ibrahim Issa, Al-Hurriya Hind Ismail, As-Saffir Saman Abdullah Izzedine, Kirkuk TV Waleed Khaled, Reuters (of the United Kingdom) Abdul-Hussein Khazal, Al-Hurra Najem Abed Khudair, Al-Mada Firas Maadidi, As-Saffir Hussam Hilal Sarsam, Kurdistan Television Jerges Mahmood Mohamad Suleiman, Nineveh TV Steven C. Vincent, Freelance (of the United States) Raeda Wazzan, Nineveh TV Lebanon Samir Qassir, An-Nahar Gebran Tueni, An-Nahar Libya Daif Al-Gahzal Al-Shuhaibi, Freelance Mexico Dolores Guadalupe Garcia Escamilla, Stereo 91 XHNOE Raul Gibb Guerrero, La Opinion Nepal Maheshwar Pahari, Rastriya Swabhiman Pakistan Allah Noor, Avt Khyber Amir Nowab, Associated Press Television News (of the United States) Philippines Philip Agustin, Starline Times Recorder George Benaojan, DYBB Klein Cantoneros, DXAA-FM Marlene Garcia Esperat, Midland Review Rolando Morales, DXMD Robert Ramos, Katapat Russia Pavel Makeev, Puls Television Magomedzagid Varisov, Novoye Delo Serbia-Montenegro Bardhyl Ajeti, Bota Sot Sierra Leone Harry Yansaneh, For Di People Somalia Duniya Muhyadin Nur, Capital Voice Kate Peyton, BBC (of the United Kingdom) Sri Lanka Relangi Selvarajah, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Dharmeratnam Sivaram, Daily Mirror Thailand Pongkiat Saetang, Had Yai Post United States Akilah Amapindi, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (of Namibia) Liz Ichizawa, The Town Common Medford E. Logsdon, Newton Kansan

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