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UK Journalist Flees Homs to Lebanon, French Reporter Fate Unclear
 [An Nahar] Wounded British journalist Paul Conroy has been smuggled safely out of the besieged Syrian rebel city of Homs and crossed into Leb, officials said on Tuesday.But there was uncertainty over the fate of French news hound Edith Bouvier, who was first reported to have also beat feet before that was denied. An international NGO, Avaaz, said three activists were killed in a rescue operation for the maimed journalists. French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit... retracted an earlier statement in which he had confirmed that Bouvier, who has multiple fractures, had beat feet from the besieged district of Baba Amr in Homs. "It is not confirmed that she is now safe in Leb," he said, adding that the situation was "unclear" and "complicated". Bouvier "is not in Leb but still in Syria," a management source at her newspaper, Le Figaro, told Agence La Belle France Presse. "It is wrong to say she is 'safe and sound in Leb,'" the source said. On its website, the newspaper also noted that "the French embassy in Beirut has indicated it is not able to confirm rumors about the journalist's evacuation to Leb." Earlier, a Lebanese official told AFP the "two journalists, Edith Bouvier and Paul Conroy, arrived overnight in Leb and they are safe." "Paul Conroy is at the British embassy and in good condition. Edith Bouvier is also here in Leb but we have no information as to where she is exactly," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-29 |
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