• Lara Logan leaves hospital after assault

    By Ethan Harp
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    Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:01 PM EST

    Reuters

    CBS News' Lara Logan in Cairo's Tahrir Square moments before she was assaulted on Friday.

    CBS News announced this evening that its Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan, has left the hospital and returned home after suffering "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" while covering the events in Cairo on Friday. Logan also received a call today from President Obama. But while her colleagues and viewers have expressed an outpouring of love and support, there have been several cases of online attacks against Logan.  

    Tonight, we'll look at examples of the hatred and talk with Farai Chideya of PopandPolitics.com about the challenges for female correspondents in risky assignments.

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