An Iraqi reporter working for The New York Times has been shot dead on his way to work in Baghdad.
Khalid Hassan, 23, was killed in the Saidiya district of the capital, according to a statement from the newspaper.
His death comes one day after a photographer and driver working for Reuters news agency were killed in the city.
Iraqi police have blamed US military action for the deaths of Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed Chmagh, aged 40.
However, the US military said both died after a clash between its troops and insurgents, and that the incident was under investigation.
At least 149 journalists and media assistants have been killed while working in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York.
The vast majority have been Iraqis.
Push for withdrawal
The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of bringing troops home from Iraq by April of next year.
The vote was 223 to 201, with only four Republicans voting against the White House, while ten conservative Democrats voted against the motion.
It was a largely symbolic gesture but could indicate how next week's vote in the Senate on a similar measure will fare.
There, at least three Republican senators have indicated their support for a troop withdrawal plan.
But that still puts Democrats short of the 60 votes needed to pass the measure and well short of the 67 votes needed to override a probable Presidential veto.
Yesterday, the Bush administration published an interim report on progress in Iraq which painted a mixed picture of how the 'troop surge' plan is going.
