Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning veteran Japanese journalist. Yamamoto, 45, while covering the civil war in Syria, died Aug. 20, 2012, while accompanying the rebel Free Syrian Army, the Japanese government said Aug. 21. She was killed in Aleppo in northern Syria, during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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