sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
By Lin Noueihed and John Irish
Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:51pm EST
(Reuters) - The first wounded and sick women trapped in the most embattled district of the Syrian city of Homs have been evacuated, and talks were held to evacuate more on Saturday, while pressure mounted on President Bashar al-Assad's government to call a ceasefire and let in humanitarian aid.
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But foreign journalists trapped in Baba Amro, two of them badly wounded, refused to leave the besieged neighborhood without an ICRC and foreign diplomatic presence, and a commitment to a full humanitarian ceasefire, it said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/25/us-syria-idUSL5E8DB0BH20120225
Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:51pm EST
(Reuters) - The first wounded and sick women trapped in the most embattled district of the Syrian city of Homs have been evacuated, and talks were held to evacuate more on Saturday, while pressure mounted on President Bashar al-Assad's government to call a ceasefire and let in humanitarian aid.
snip
But foreign journalists trapped in Baba Amro, two of them badly wounded, refused to leave the besieged neighborhood without an ICRC and foreign diplomatic presence, and a commitment to a full humanitarian ceasefire, it said.
more...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/25/us-syria-idUSL5E8DB0BH20120225