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Reuters' Pak-Afghan bureau chief found dead in Islamabad
Dawn ^ | Feb 23, 2015 | Dawn

Posted on 02/23/2015 5:13:37 AM PST by csvset

ISLAMABAD: Maria Golovnina, the Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief of Reuters who was based in Islamabad, was found dead at her office in the capital’s F-8 sector, sources in the police told Dawn.

Golovnina had reportedly gone to the toilet, and had not stepped out for a long time when people who were present barged in. Maria Golovnina - Twitter.

She was reportedly lying on the floor covered in vomit.

The bureau chief was rushed to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) where she was pronounced dead.

Doctors at Pims told Dawn Maria had passed away before she could be brought to the hospital.

The hospital will carry out a post-mortem before handing over the body to Russian authorities.

The cause of Golovnina's death could not be determined immediately and authorities have launched an investigation to ascertain the facts of the case.

Golovnina had been working with as the Reuters bureau chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan for the past year and a half.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alreuters; golovnina; islamabad; mariagolovnina; pakistan; reuters; rop; russia

Maria Golovnina

Huh. I won't have what she's having. Poisoned? Random act that happens to folks ? Paki's? Russia? ISIS? Islam? Just bad luck ?

1 posted on 02/23/2015 5:13:38 AM PST by csvset
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To: csvset

I’m going with poisoned.


2 posted on 02/23/2015 5:17:07 AM PST by kevslisababy
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To: csvset

yeah sounds like poison...


3 posted on 02/23/2015 5:18:05 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: csvset

Al-Reuters, eh?

Remember the story of the frog and the scorpion?


4 posted on 02/23/2015 5:22:07 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I agree, poisoned.


5 posted on 02/23/2015 5:29:36 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: csvset

Poisoned?
But what’s the motive?

It’s not as if Reuters were even relevant anymore.


6 posted on 02/23/2015 5:42:21 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do)
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To: csvset

I wonder what James O’Keefe is thinking?


7 posted on 02/23/2015 6:02:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The dog days are over /The dog days are done/Can you hear the horses? /'Cause here they come)
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To: csvset

all of the above?


8 posted on 02/23/2015 6:08:55 AM PST by Nifster
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To: Redbob

Could be a little reminder to everyone else at
Reuters to remain irrelevant.


9 posted on 02/23/2015 6:56:12 AM PST by jstaff
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To: csvset

Sounds like a typical dogs and fleas sleeping issue.


10 posted on 02/23/2015 11:42:43 AM PST by Paid_Russian_Troll
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To: csvset

Only 34 years old.

Who could have done it?

Take a look at her twitter page (easily Googled) and take your pick of dozens of potential suspects...

If the Russians come back with some “natural causes” or “illness” explanation, it’s a good bet it’s them or an ally.


11 posted on 02/23/2015 5:51:20 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

FX? has shown Zero Dark Thirty fifteen times in the last couple weeks. Which is a commitment, that’s a very long movie.


12 posted on 02/23/2015 6:02:45 PM PST by txhurl
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