Reporter, Marine die in roadside bomb blast – washingtonpost.com

British reporter Hamer and U.S. Marine are killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011001441.html?wprss=rss_world

British press reports said the journalist, Rupert Hamer, 39, was the first British reporter killed covering the conflict in Afghanistan, now in its ninth year. The photographer was identified as Philip Coburn, 43, and initial reports said his injuries were serious but not life-threatening.