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A pro-Qaddafi fighter raises his fists as a bus carrying journalists passes by during a government-organized visit for foreign media southeast of the capital Tripoli today. (AP/Ben Curtis)

In Libya, Al-Jazeera journalist killed and another wounded

March 13, 2011 12:30 PM EDT

New York, March 13, 2011–Unidentified gunmen killed an Al-Jazeera cameraman and wounded his colleague near the eastern rebel-held city of Benghazi in an ambush on Saturday, according to the Qatar-based satellite station. This is the first confirmed journalist death reported in the Libyan conflict, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.