NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Iraq remained the deadliest country for journalists in 2008 for the sixth consecutive year with 11 journalists killed, according to an annual analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

All those killed this year were local reporters working for domestic news outlets. That was down from a record 32 deaths in Iraq in each of the prior two years, according to the group.

Worldwide, 41 journalists were killed this year in connection to their work, down from 65 deaths last year, the New York-based nonprofit organization said on Thursday. Another 22 deaths are being investigated to see if they were work-related.

Conflicts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and India claimed the lives of of a total of 13 journalists. The group also counted three deaths each in Thailand and in the fighting between Russia and Georgia over the disputed region of South Ossetia.

(Reporting by Nick Zieminski; editing by David Wiessler)

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