Dozens of journalists freed from Tripoli hotel

By Rich Shulman

I was impressed yesterday how bored the journalists in the Rixos Hotel appeared to be. Today's photo of their rescue by the Red Cross gives some indication how scary it probably was. Full story.

Paul Hackett / Reuters

Jomana Karadsheh, a producer for CNN and Matthew Chance, Senior International Correspondent for CNN are evacuated by the International Red Cross from the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 24.

Western journalists held by Gadhafi loyalists in the Rixos hotel in Libya's capital, Tripoli, have been freed. Msnbc's Thomas Roberts reports.

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