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France, Britain demand Syria return bodies, provide aid to injured journalists

Britain and France demand Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cease attacks against the besieged opposition stronghold of Homs to allow three journalists to receive medical care even as reports emerged of renewed shelling in the flashpoint city.

(CNN) Homs – The demands come on the eve of a meeting where world leaders will look to mount pressure against al-Assad to end a nearly year-long brutal crackdown on Syrians calling for his ouster.

The three journalists were reportedly in Homs to document the attacks by al-Assad’s forces when they were wounded in shelling, which also killed American reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik.

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