Kidnapped BBC man to be released &#39;soon:&#39; Hamas
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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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The first night after he was snatched in Gaza nearly four months ago, BBC reporter Alan Johnston feared he was about to die. The kidnappers' masked leader appeared in the doorway, and moments later the prisoner was handcuffed, hooded and taken outside.
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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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The brother of Briton Kenneth Bigley who has been held hostage in Iraq said Monday that the hostage might have been handed over to a group which was preparing to make a ransom demand.
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Tuesday said it has identified the kidnappers of a BBC journalist abducted in Gaza by four masked gunmen, and hopes to free him soon
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JERUSALEM, July 4 -- An ebullient and relieved Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent set free Wednesday after 114 days as a captive in the Gaza Strip, suggested that the turning point leading to his release was Hamas's takeover of the strip.
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A spokesman for the group that claims to have kidnapped the BBCâs Gaza reporter was arrested, as were two others.
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JERUSALEM -- Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent kidnapped March 12 in the Gaza Strip, appeared in a video posted yesterday on a website used by Al Qaeda in which he said he is being treated well and called for an end to sanctions against the Palestinian Authority.
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UK hostage Kenneth Bigley, who&#39;s been held in Iraq since Sept. 16, has been handed over to a new group who may want a ransom in return for his freedom, Bigley&#39;s brother Paul said in an interview on Sky News.
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A Palestinian militant group holding BBC reporter Alan Johnston said on Sunday there was no deal to free the Briton abducted in Gaza three months ago and said he would only be released if its demands were met.
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GAZA -- Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in Gaza, was freed and handed over to Palestinian officials early today after a late-night deal with the Al Qaeda-inspired, clan-based group that kidnapped him in March.
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The brother of British hostage Kenneth Bigley says he has received a written message confirming he will be released.
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A BBC correspondent was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip on Monday by unknown assailants, Palestinian officials said.
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Tuesday said it has identified the kidnappers of a BBC journalist abducted in Gaza by four masked gunmen, and hopes to free him soon.
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Hamas on Monday arrested the spokesman of a shadowy group holding British reporter Alan Johnston, a move that could give it a bargaining chip to secure the Briton's release.
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Hamas's armed wing will release on Monday an audio tape of an Israeli soldier seized by Gaza militants a year ago, a senior official in the Islamist movement said.
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Islamist group Hamas has told the Palestinian militants holding the BBC's Alan Johnston it will free him by force if they do not release him today.