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Pulitzer Prize-Winning US Journalist Charged With Spying In Sudan...

First Posted: 3/28/08 Updated: 5/25/11

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune correspondent Paul Salopek was charged with espionage, passing information illegally and writing "false news" today in a Sudanese court. Salopek has been held since August 6, 2006, when he was arrested in Darfur while on assignment for National Geographic during a leave of absence from the Tribune. Both his driver and his interpreter have been similarly charged. The trial has been set for Sept. 10th.

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