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First Place
Craig F. Walker
The Denver Post

"WELCOME HOME: THE STORY OF SCOTT OSTROM

Second Place
Barbara Davidson
Los Angeles Times

"FAMINE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA"

Third Place
Aristide Economopoulos
The Star-Ledger

"A WEEK IN THE KILLING CYCLE"

Award of Excellence
Ross Taylor
The Virginian-Pilot

"THE THIN LINE"

Second Place
Barbara Davidson
Los Angeles Times


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"FAMINE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA"

Women venture to the camp outskirts to forage for firewood, and return bowed under the big bundles lashed to their backs. Stripping the trees has angered local Kenyans. They return with wood and horror stories of being raped out in the bush where they are alone and without the men in the family. Somali women do most of the hard labor for their families.