Deadliest year for reporters since 1994: RSF

PARIS (Reuters) - Journalists suffered one of their deadliest years ever in 2006, with Iraq once again proving the most dangerous place in the world for the media to work, two media watchdogs said on Sunday. Paris-based Reporters without Borders (RSF) said at least 81 reporters and 32 media staff were killed in 2006 as a result of their jobs, saying the death toll was the highest since 1994 when scores of reporters died in the Rwandan genocide. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) put the 2006 toll at 155 murders, giving no separate breakdown between reporters and their staff. MORE ON THIS STORY