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| Tributes are pouring in for Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin who has been killed during an attack in Homs in Syria. | Tributes are pouring in for Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin who has been killed during an attack in Homs in Syria. |
| French photojournalist Remi Ochlik was also killed after shells reportedly hit a makeshift media centre in Baba Amr. | French photojournalist Remi Ochlik was also killed after shells reportedly hit a makeshift media centre in Baba Amr. |
| Her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said her daughter should have left Syria the day she died, Associated Press reported. | |
| UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Ms Colvin's death was a "sad reminder" of the risks journalists took in Syria. | |
| Ms Colvin, who had spoken to the BBC the day before she died about the situation in Homs, was one of few Western journalists in the troubled country. | Ms Colvin, who had spoken to the BBC the day before she died about the situation in Homs, was one of few Western journalists in the troubled country. |
| Ms Colvin's mother Rosemarie, who lives in New York, told AP her daughter had been told by her editor to leave the country because of the danger she was facing, but the award-winning journalist "wanted to finish one more story". | |
| Mrs Colvin added: "Her legacy is: be passionate and be involved in what you believe in. And do it as thoroughly and honestly and fearlessly as you can." | |
| Sunday Times owner Rupert Murdoch described Ms Colvin as "one of the most outstanding foreign correspondents of her generation" who was "driven by a determination that the misdeeds of tyrants and the suffering of the victims did not go unreported". | |
| "This was at great personal cost, including the loss of the sight in one eye while covering the civil war in Sri Lanka. This injury did not stop her from returning to even more dangerous assignments," he added. | "This was at great personal cost, including the loss of the sight in one eye while covering the civil war in Sri Lanka. This injury did not stop her from returning to even more dangerous assignments," he added. |
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| In a statement, Sunday Times editor John Witherow said Ms Colvin was an "extraordinary figure". | |
| "She believed profoundly that reporting could curtail the excesses of brutal regimes and make the international community take notice." | "She believed profoundly that reporting could curtail the excesses of brutal regimes and make the international community take notice." |
| He said she would be "missed sorely" by the paper and added: "She was a woman with a tremendous joie de vivre, full of humour and mischief and surrounded by a large circle of friends, all of whom feared the consequences of her bravery." | He said she would be "missed sorely" by the paper and added: "She was a woman with a tremendous joie de vivre, full of humour and mischief and surrounded by a large circle of friends, all of whom feared the consequences of her bravery." |
| Mr Cameron told Parliament that the government's thoughts were with Ms Colvin's friends and family. | Mr Cameron told Parliament that the government's thoughts were with Ms Colvin's friends and family. |
| Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "Marie and Remi died bringing us the truth about what is happening to the people of Homs. | |
| "Governments around the world have the responsibility to act upon that truth - and to redouble our efforts to stop [President Bashar] Assad regime's despicable campaign of terror in Syria." | "Governments around the world have the responsibility to act upon that truth - and to redouble our efforts to stop [President Bashar] Assad regime's despicable campaign of terror in Syria." |
| Labour leader Ed Miliband told Parliament that Ms Colvin was "an inspiration to women in her profession". | Labour leader Ed Miliband told Parliament that Ms Colvin was "an inspiration to women in her profession". |
| 'Brave and determined' | 'Brave and determined' |
| Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Lib Dem leader who is also on the Commons foreign affairs committee, said Ms Colvin's reports were "always perceptive, balanced and compelling." | Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Lib Dem leader who is also on the Commons foreign affairs committee, said Ms Colvin's reports were "always perceptive, balanced and compelling." |
| BBC correspondent Jim Muir in Beirut, who had known Ms Colvin for 25 years, said she was both nervous and excited about going to Syria but she felt she had to go. | |
| He said: "She, more than anybody, knew the dangers of war. It's not about glamour, it's not about glory. It's about people being torn to pieces." | He said: "She, more than anybody, knew the dangers of war. It's not about glamour, it's not about glory. It's about people being torn to pieces." |
| CNN presenter Anderson Cooper tweeted: "I spoke with Marie Colvin just yesterday afternoon. I had such respect for her, such admiration. | CNN presenter Anderson Cooper tweeted: "I spoke with Marie Colvin just yesterday afternoon. I had such respect for her, such admiration. |
| "She gave voice to so many peoples' suffering, bore witness to so much injustice," she added. | "She gave voice to so many peoples' suffering, bore witness to so much injustice," she added. |
| Peter Bouckaert from Human Rights Watch, said he had spoken to Ms Colvin only on Tuesday. | Peter Bouckaert from Human Rights Watch, said he had spoken to Ms Colvin only on Tuesday. |
| He said: "For Marie, covering war wasn't about doing a few quick interviews and writing up a quick story: she experienced war alongside those who suffered in war, and her writings had a particular vividness because of what she had dared to see and experience. | He said: "For Marie, covering war wasn't about doing a few quick interviews and writing up a quick story: she experienced war alongside those who suffered in war, and her writings had a particular vividness because of what she had dared to see and experience. |
| Ms Colvin sent Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor, an email on Monday about her Sunday Times article on Homs, published on 19 February. | Ms Colvin sent Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor, an email on Monday about her Sunday Times article on Homs, published on 19 February. |
| She wrote: "I thought yesterday's piece was one of those we got in to journalism for. They are killing with impunity here, it is sickening and anger-making." | She wrote: "I thought yesterday's piece was one of those we got in to journalism for. They are killing with impunity here, it is sickening and anger-making." |
| Mr Bowen said: "She was a real nuts and bolts journalist who would get down to get the story." | Mr Bowen said: "She was a real nuts and bolts journalist who would get down to get the story." |
| "She was a very generous colleague who helped the BBC get our interview with Col Muammar Gaddafi in Libya last year." | "She was a very generous colleague who helped the BBC get our interview with Col Muammar Gaddafi in Libya last year." |
| The BBC's Lyse Doucet said Ms Colvin was a glamorous, elegant, passionate woman whose focus was always on finding the "quiet bravery" of those she would be reporting on. | The BBC's Lyse Doucet said Ms Colvin was a glamorous, elegant, passionate woman whose focus was always on finding the "quiet bravery" of those she would be reporting on. |
| "The world will miss her because she was the eyes and ears of so many," she said. | "The world will miss her because she was the eyes and ears of so many," she said. |
| ITN's Bill Neely blogged: "On Monday I sent her a message; 'Bravo Marie. Keep your head down.' This morning I looked at the video of her body in a house in Homs. Her head down. Her voice silenced." | ITN's Bill Neely blogged: "On Monday I sent her a message; 'Bravo Marie. Keep your head down.' This morning I looked at the video of her body in a house in Homs. Her head down. Her voice silenced." |
| He also wrote: "At a time when journalists are being examined as never before, it's time to acknowledge someone who made a difference, a moral difference, to our country and our lives. That was Marie." | He also wrote: "At a time when journalists are being examined as never before, it's time to acknowledge someone who made a difference, a moral difference, to our country and our lives. That was Marie." |
| US news presenter Christiane Amanpour also expressed her sorrow on Twitter, calling Ms Colvin "a lioness" and "friend to so many of us". | |
| Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, said Ms Colvin had lived up to her own desire to "report on the horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice" with "bravery and grace". | Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, said Ms Colvin had lived up to her own desire to "report on the horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice" with "bravery and grace". |
| Meanwhile Kate Allen from Amnesty International called Ms Colvin's death "a terrible loss to journalism in this country." | |