Does covering mean including?

Context:

International reaction[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia&action=edit§ion=10]

When the Jakarta riots began, the United States Government ordered the evacuation of "dependents and non-essential personnel". The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State also recommended US citizens to leave the country using commercial flights or evacuation flights organized by U.S. forces. The USS Belleau Wood and its "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMM-262" Marine Helicopter Squadron were stationed in the region as part of a contingency evacuation plan for U.S. citizens and embassy personnel, known as Operation Bevel Incline.^[40] In the Department of State's "Indonesia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998", the US accused Suharto's government of committing "serious human rights abuses". Between the 1997 election of the riots, students and human rights activists were kidnapped and tortured while in the custody security forces. The report also mentioned that police stoned and fired at foreign journalists covering a clash between students and security forces on 6 May.^[41]