Syria : In Syria, the opposition activists and witnesses said two Western journalists were killed in the restive city of Homs today when shells hit the house they were staying in. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said those killed include Marie Colvin, an American working for Britain’s Sunday Times, and French photographer Remi Ochlik. Both were veteran war reporters. According to reports, the shells hit the house in the Baba Amro district of Homs in which they were staying and a rocket hit them when they tried to escape. Video broadcast from Homs showed the bodies among the rubble, one with its legs severed by shrapnel. Activists in Homs said two other foreign journalists were wounded. One was named as British photographer Paul Conroy. Another, a female American journalist, is in a very serious condition.