BBC's Alan Johnston Released

Some really great news... BBC: (h/t NonnyMouse) BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in
By Nicole Belle — July 3, 2007

Some really great news...

johnston.jpg BBC: (h/t NonnyMouse)

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity.

Mr Johnston, 45, was handed over to armed men in Gaza City. He said his ordeal was like "being buried alive" but it was "fantastic" to be free.

And he described how he had been unable to see the sun for three months, and had once been chained for 24 hours.

Rallies worldwide had called for Mr Johnston's release. An online petition was signed by some 200,000 people.

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