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Newsweek editor Tom Masland died today, after he was hit by a car earlier in the week. He started work at the magazine's New York headquarters last month, the magazine reported, "after a long career reporting for Newsweek in some of the world s most dangerous places."

He joined Newsweek in May 1990 and wrote extensively on Haiti, terrorism in the Middle East and the changing political face of southern and central Africa. Four years later he was a senior writer for the international news section of the magazine and then, in June 1999, was named Africa Regional Editor/South Africa Bureau Chief. He covered the uprising in Liberia in 2003 and became the subject of news himself when he was injured by flying shrapnel from an explosion. Before coming to New York to join the Web site staff, he spent time in early 2005 in the Middle East, covering the war on terror.

He was hit by an SUV Monday night while walking on West End Avenue. No charges were pressed against the SUV's driver.

Masland was 55.

Tom Masland, 1950-2005 [Newsweek]
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