<p>   This is the highest toll since 1997 when the IPI started keeping track. In Syria alone, 36 journalists were killed this year, Xinhua reported.</p>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="Journalist in Syria" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/nov/journo-syria.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 332px; " /><br />   <strong>A photo journalistu00a0gets injured while covering the Syrina conflict this year. Photo: AFP</strong></p>  <div>   The press watchdog said it had observed an &quot;alarming trend&quot; of journalists increasingly being targeted, often in order to &quot;prevent information disclosure&quot;.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   After Syria, Somalia is also dangerous for journalists, the IPI said, with 16 deaths in 2012, followed by Mexico, Pakistan, and the Philippines.</div>  

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A total of 119 journalists have been killed while on assignment so far this year, the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said

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