2 Western photojournalists killed in Libya

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2 Western photojournalists killed in Libya

By BEN HUBBARD, Associated Press Ben Hubbard, Associated Press – 1 hr 39 mins

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MISRATA, Libya – Two Western photojournalists, including an -nominated film

director, were killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering

battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Two others working

alongside them were wounded.

British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the documentary " Restrepo " about

U.S. soldiers on an outpost in Afghanistan, was killed inside the only

rebel-held city in western Libya, said his U.S.-based publicist, Johanna Ramos

Boyer. The city has come under weeks of relentless shelling by government

troops.

Hondros, a New York-based photographer for Getty Images, was also killed.

His work appeared in major magazines and newspapers around the world, and his

awards include the Capa Gold Medal, one of the highest prizes in war

photography.