BBC reporter 'to be freed soon'
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The UK is looking into reports saying the abducted BBC reporter, Alan Johnston, will be freed on Sunday.
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Hamas has pledged in the wake of its bloody seizure of the Gaza Strip to work free BBC reporter Alan Johnston, snatched by gunmen more than three months ago in the volatile territory.
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Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in Gaza, was freed and handed over to Palestinian officials early on Wednesday after a late-night deal with the al Qaeda-inspired, clan-based group that kidnapped him in March.
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JERUSALEM, June 25 -- The release Monday of a new video showing BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped March 12 in the Gaza Strip, appeared to dash hopes raised last week that his release was imminent.
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BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed in Gaza on Wednesday after 16 weeks held hostage by Palestinian extremists, looking pale and drawn but delighted that his &quot;terrifying&quot; ordeal was over.
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Sudan is set to free U.S. reporter Paul  Salopek, who was arrested early last month and then charged  with espionage, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said on Friday.
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An unidentified Australian journalist was held hostage in Iraq for 24 hours at the weekend before being released unharmed, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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Baghdad, Iraq -- Some of Muqtada al-Sadr&#39;s aides in Iraq say kidnappers have promised to release a Western journalist, perhaps as early as Friday.
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A UN human rights expert on Wednesday appealed for the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped by Palestinian extremists in the Gaza Strip in March.
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Journalist held hostage in Gaza Strip since March, has been released, BBC confirms.
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One of two Iraqi female scientists in  U.S. detention could be released on Wednesday, a senior Justice  Ministry official said, in a move that may raise hopes for the  release of a British hostage.
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BBC journalist Alan Johnston was released in Gaza City early Wednesday after nearly four months in captivity, following an agreement reached by the Islamist movement Hamas with his extremist abductors.
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One of two Iraqi female scientists in U.S. detention could be released on Wednesday, a senior Justice Ministry official said.
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BBC journalist Alan Johnston, kidnapped in Gaza more than three months ago, should be released &quot;soon,&quot; a spokesman for Hamas said on Sunday.
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Iraq News, KABUL, A British freelance cameraman said yesterday he was detained by Afghan authorities for his role in the release of three UN hostages and came under pressure to sign a statement saying he was part of the kidnap gang.
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A Hamas official said Sunday that kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who has been held by Gaza militants since March, would be freed soon, but others played down hopes of an imminent release.
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Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent who was kidnapped in March, is in Israel, preparing to fly home to Britain.