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The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in International Reporting

Finalist: The Washington Post , by Steve Fainaru

For his powerful accounts of the deadly violence faced by ordinary American soldiers in Iraq as an insurgency intensified.

Winners

Prize Winner in International Reporting in 2006:

Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley

For their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves. International Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 2006:

Sebastian Rotella

For his well crafted reports on restive Muslims in Europe that foretold riots in France.

The Jury

James Smith(chair )

foreign editor

Stephen Buckley

managing editor

Andrew Higgins

senior correspondent

Niko Price

Latin America editor

Renee Schoof

national security editor

Winners in International Reporting

2005

Kim Murphy

For her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work.
2004

Anthony Shadid

For his extraordinary ability to capture, at personal peril, the voices and emotions of Iraqis as their country was invaded, their leader toppled and their way of life upended.
2002

Barry Bearak

For his deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan.
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2006 Prize Winners

Public Service

The Times-Picayune

For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
Public Service

Sun Herald

For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
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