Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Photo taken Aug. 23, 2012, shows a mosque in Istanbul, where relatives of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto saw her body the same say. Yamamoto was killed on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country.

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