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Paul Conroy, Edith Bouvier, injured journalists, smuggled out of Syria into Lebanon
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/120228/injured-journalists-smuggled-from-syria-paul-conroy-edith-bouvierPaul Conroy and Edith Bouvier were injured in the artillery attack that killed Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik.
Tim FitzsimonsFebruary 28, 2012
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Paul Conroy, a British photojournalist, and Edith Bouvier, a French journalist, were rescued from Homs, Syria today. The two were injured in the artillery attack that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik. Conroy is "safe" in Beirut, according to a diplomat quoted by Reuters. The Sunday Times confirmed his rescue, and Le Monde reported that Bouvier also arrived safely in Beirut today.
Several activist volunteers were reportedly killed when the evacuation team came under artillery fire while trying to leave Homs, according to the Guardian.
"The [Conroy] evacuation party came under fire twice. Three activists were killed on the first occasion while more were reportedly killed when they came under fire again," the Guardian wrote." <more>
