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Britain's ITN television reporter Gaby Rado has been found dead at a hotel in northern Iraq, the ITN network, producers of the country's Channel 4 News, said Sunday.
However, the ITN said there appeared to be no direct connection with any military action.
"It is believed that he fell from the roof of the Abu Sanaa hotel into the car park below, where his body was found," the ITN said in a statement.
The hotel was at Suleimaniya, a town in the Kurdish-controlled area and more than 80 kilometers east of frontline fighting.
Rado, born in Budapest 48 years ago, joined ITN in 1985 as a writer before moving to Channel 4 News as a foreign affairs correspondent in 1988.
He had reported conflicts throughout Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Afghanistan and won international awards.
Rado was married to his second wife Dessa. He had two children by his first wife, Carol Rado.
On March 22, the third day of the war in Iraq broke out, ITN journalist Terry Lloyd was killed after coming under friendly fire near Basra, in southern Iraq. Two of his crew are still missing.
(Xinhua News Agency March 30, 2003)
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