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American And French Journalists Killed By Syrian Gov’t Shelling | American reporter Marie Colvin of the London Sunday Times and French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik died early this morning in Syrian government shelling of the restive city of Homs. An advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists, released a statement where deputy director Robert Mahoney said: “Our colleagues Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik gave their lives to report a story of grave importance, a story the Syrian government has sought to choke off from rest of the world.” Ochlik, just 28, recently won an award for his work from Libya. Just hours before her death, Colvin gave an interview to CNN by phone from Homs. “The Syrian army is simply shelling a city of cold, starving civilians,” she said. Watch her moving final interview (WARNING: graphic images):