Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

KILIS, Turkey - Freelance Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 21, 2012. Sato, 56, who worked with another freelance Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, reported her death in Syria the previous day to Japan's Foreign Ministry. At front is Yamamoto's bulletproof vest.

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