IDF launches formal probe into Gaza killing of Reuters cameraman
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The Israeli army announced Sunday it will investigate the killing of a cameraman for the Reuters news agency, after a human rights group said it found evidence suggesting that an Israeli tank crew fired recklessly or deliberately at the journalist. (article 1)
Cameraman Fadel Shana, 23, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, the bloodiest day of fighting between Israeli troops and Gaza militants in a month. (article 1)
Just before his death, Shana was filming an Israeli tank in the distance, and his final footage shows the tank firing a shell in his direction. (article 1)
Palestinian medics said two teens wounded in Wednesday's shelling died of their wounds Sunday, bring the total number of Palestinians killed in the shelling to six. (article 1)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia The Saudi government should abide by international obligations and abolish polices that "grossly" discriminate against women, a report by a leading human rights group said. (article 5)
At the time, there were battles between Israeli forces and militants, but the cameraman wasn't close to fighting, the New York-based group said in a statement. (article 3)
Shana, a 23-year-old cameraman for the Reuters news agency, was the first Gaza journalist to be killed in the territory in the past eight years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting. (article 3)
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- ABC News: Israel to Examine Death of Journalist (ABCNews, 04/21/2008, 319 words)
- Israel says it will investigate killing of Reuters cameraman (cbc.ca, 04/20/2008, 618 words)
- Rights group: Israel must investigate cameraman's death (cbc.ca, 04/20/2008, 321 words)
- IDF launches formal probe into Gaza killing of Reuters cameraman (haaretz.com, 04/21/2008, 613 words)
- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia // The Saudi government shoul... (baltimoresun.com, 04/21/2008, 385 words)
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