New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid dies in Syria

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid, 43, dies of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in eastern Syria.

— New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Iraq, died Thursday in eastern Syria while on a reporting assignment.

from Associated Press

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