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At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies</NYT_HEADLINE>
By RICK GLADSTONE
Published: February 16, 2012
Mr. Shadid, 43, had been reporting inside Syria for a week, gathering information on the Free Syrian Army and other armed elements of the resistance to the government of President Bashar al-Assad, whose military forces have been engaged in a harsh repression of the political opposition in a conflict that is now nearly a year old.
The Syrian government, which tightly controls foreign journalists? activities in the country, had not been informed of his assignment by The Times.
The exact circumstances of Mr. Shadid?s death and his precise location inside Syria when it happened were not immediately clear.
But Mr. Hicks said that Mr. Shadid, who had asthma and had carried medication with him, began to show symptoms as both of them were preparing to leave Syria on Thursday, and the symptoms escalated into what became a fatal attack. Mr. Hicks telephoned his editors at The Times, and a few hours later he was able to take Mr. Shadid?s body into Turkey.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/w...new-york-times-reporter-dies-in-syria.html?hp
By RICK GLADSTONE
Published: February 16, 2012
Mr. Shadid, 43, had been reporting inside Syria for a week, gathering information on the Free Syrian Army and other armed elements of the resistance to the government of President Bashar al-Assad, whose military forces have been engaged in a harsh repression of the political opposition in a conflict that is now nearly a year old.
The Syrian government, which tightly controls foreign journalists? activities in the country, had not been informed of his assignment by The Times.
The exact circumstances of Mr. Shadid?s death and his precise location inside Syria when it happened were not immediately clear.
But Mr. Hicks said that Mr. Shadid, who had asthma and had carried medication with him, began to show symptoms as both of them were preparing to leave Syria on Thursday, and the symptoms escalated into what became a fatal attack. Mr. Hicks telephoned his editors at The Times, and a few hours later he was able to take Mr. Shadid?s body into Turkey.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/w...new-york-times-reporter-dies-in-syria.html?hp