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GAZA (Reuters) - 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.  "It is just the most fantastic thing to be free. It was an appalling experience and ... occasionally quite terrifying," he told the BBC from the home of local Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after his 114-day ordeal. "I dreamt many times of being free and always woke up back in that room. Now it really is over and it is indescribably good to be out," said the Scot, who turned 45 in captivity. Describing it as the worst 16 weeks of his life and "like being buried alive" with "dangerous and unpredictable" captors, he later told a news conference with Haniyeh: "It's almost hard to believe that I'm not going to wake up in that room." He said he had twice fallen sick and was once chained for 24 hours but only in the last half hour did they "hit me a bit". Johnston, who had followed events by radio, thanked people round the world and colleagues for support during his ordeal, which lasted throughout a civil war in which Hamas seized control of Gaza from the Western-backed Fatah faction in June. Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, told Reuters Johnston's release showed his Islamist movement was bringing order to the coastal enclave since seizing control. Hamas fighters had surrounded the area of Gaza City that is the base of the powerful Doghmush clan, one of whose leaders, officials say, is also a leading figure in the previously obscure Army of Islam. It is unclear how far radical groups, which have emerged this past year in Gaza, are linked to foreign al Qaeda groups.

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Johnston, smiling and looking drawn but well, was embraced by BBC colleagues after he arrived by car at Haniyeh's home amid a scrum of well-wishers and security men. Haniyeh draped Johnston in the Palestinian flag and wished him well. The BBC said it was "extremely relieved". British diplomats and senior BBC arrived in Gaza from Israel, apparently to take Johnston home. One of those who helped negotiate Johnston's release from the Army of Islam group said a leading Muslim cleric had been brought in by mediators to issue a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for his release. No ransom or other conditions were set, Abu Mujahed of the Popular Resistance Committees militant group, told Reuters. Meshaal told Reuters by phone: "The efforts by Hamas have produced the freedom of Alan Johnston." Referring to his rivals from the Fatah faction of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, he said: "It showed the difference between the era in which a group used to encourage and commit security anarchy and chaos and the current situation in which Hamas is seeking to stabilise security." The Palestinian ambassador to London, who represents the government Abbas set up last month after dismissing a Hamas-led administration, said Hamas wanted to "capitalise" on the deal. But he said: "The credit goes to the Palestinian people." Johnston, the only Western correspondent working full-time in the troubled coastal enclave, went missing on March 12 when his car was found abandoned. Many weeks later, his captors issued Internet videos showing Johnston and seeking the release of Islamists held prisoner by Britain and other states.

Most recently, after Hamas officials threatened to free him by force from the clan's stronghold, Johnston was shown wearing a suicide belt with the warning he would die if that happened. Hamas was elected to run the Palestinian government 18 months ago but was shunned by Israel and Western powers. Its local leader, Haniyeh, still considers himself prime minister but Abbas has appointed an emergency government without Hamas involvement in the larger territory of the West Bank.

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Freed journalist Alan Johnston vowed to "stay out of trouble" as he thanked thousands of people for their support during his 114-day ordeal in captivity.

Speaking to hundreds of BBC staff at Television Centre in London via a live link-up from Jerusalem he said he would be grateful for the rest of his life.

The BBC correspondent, who was held in Gaza by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was freed in the early hours of Wednesday morning after an international campaign for his release.

He is recovering from his ordeal at the British High Commission in Jerusalem before returning to the UK to be reunited with his parents Graham and Margaret, who live in Lochgoilhead in Argyll.

His release was earlier welcomed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, BBC director general Mark Thompson and others in the media and politics as well as religious groups.

Mr Johnston told the crowd in London he had been humbled to hear of people, most of whom did not know him, standing - often in the rain - week after week at vigils of support.

Describing himself as "quite a quiet bloke" he said he had been amazed to hear of even the EastEnders Albert Square set falling silent in his honour.

Sporting a new close-cropped haircut he joked he had just been at the barbers to get rid of "that just-kidnapped look".

And he drew laughs from the crowd when he said: "I'm going to do everything I can to stay out of trouble - I couldn't bear it to ask you all to do all of that twice, just imagine the embarrassment."

He told them: "If you have ever been a kidnap victim, you know, the thing you don't want is to be just left behind, buried alive and the world just goes on without you. And I knew that the BBC was never going to let go, you people just wouldn't let go and I'm immensely grateful to you and I will be all my life."

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    Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist, reacts after he was released in Gaza, July 4, 2007....Enlarge Photo

    Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist, reacts after he was released in Gaza, July 4, 2007....



    BBC reporter Alan Johnston releasedEnlarge Photo

    BBC reporter Alan Johnston released


    By Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters

    GAZA (Reuters) - 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.  "It is just the most fantastic thing to be free. It was an appalling experience and ... occasionally quite terrifying," he told the BBC from the home of local Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after his 114-day ordeal. "I dreamt many times of being free and always woke up back in that room. Now it really is over and it is indescribably good to be out," said the Scot, who turned 45 in captivity. Describing it as the worst 16 weeks of his life and "like being buried alive" with "dangerous and unpredictable" captors, he later told a news conference with Haniyeh: "It's almost hard to believe that I'm not going to wake up in that room." He said he had twice fallen sick and was once chained for 24 hours but only in the last half hour did they "hit me a bit". Johnston, who had followed events by radio, thanked people round the world and colleagues for support during his ordeal, which lasted throughout a civil war in which Hamas seized control of Gaza from the Western-backed Fatah faction in June. Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, told Reuters Johnston's release showed his Islamist movement was bringing order to the coastal enclave since seizing control. Hamas fighters had surrounded the area of Gaza City that is the base of the powerful Doghmush clan, one of whose leaders, officials say, is also a leading figure in the previously obscure Army of Islam. It is unclear how far radical groups, which have emerged this past year in Gaza, are linked to foreign al Qaeda groups.

    SMILING

    Johnston, smiling and looking drawn but well, was embraced by BBC colleagues after he arrived by car at Haniyeh's home amid a scrum of well-wishers and security men. Haniyeh draped Johnston in the Palestinian flag and wished him well. The BBC said it was "extremely relieved". British diplomats and senior BBC arrived in Gaza from Israel, apparently to take Johnston home. One of those who helped negotiate Johnston's release from the Army of Islam group said a leading Muslim cleric had been brought in by mediators to issue a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for his release. No ransom or other conditions were set, Abu Mujahed of the Popular Resistance Committees militant group, told Reuters. Meshaal told Reuters by phone: "The efforts by Hamas have produced the freedom of Alan Johnston." Referring to his rivals from the Fatah faction of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, he said: "It showed the difference between the era in which a group used to encourage and commit security anarchy and chaos and the current situation in which Hamas is seeking to stabilise security." The Palestinian ambassador to London, who represents the government Abbas set up last month after dismissing a Hamas-led administration, said Hamas wanted to "capitalise" on the deal. But he said: "The credit goes to the Palestinian people." Johnston, the only Western correspondent working full-time in the troubled coastal enclave, went missing on March 12 when his car was found abandoned. Many weeks later, his captors issued Internet videos showing Johnston and seeking the release of Islamists held prisoner by Britain and other states.

    Most recently, after Hamas officials threatened to free him by force from the clan's stronghold, Johnston was shown wearing a suicide belt with the warning he would die if that happened. Hamas was elected to run the Palestinian government 18 months ago but was shunned by Israel and Western powers. Its local leader, Haniyeh, still considers himself prime minister but Abbas has appointed an emergency government without Hamas involvement in the larger territory of the West Bank.

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    • Journalist Alan Johnston Freed In Gaza

      SkyNews - 11 minutes ago

      Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston has been freed after almost four months in captivity. The BBC reporter, who was abducted by gunmen on March 12, was seen in TV pictures being led from a building by Hamas security forces. He looked tired but healthy, and smiled as a scrum of journalists and photographers surrounded him. More »

    • Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist, reacts after he was released in Gaza, July 4, 2007. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

      BBC Gaza reporter Johnston freed

      Reuters - 1 hour 11 minutes ago

      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. More »

    • Johnston family 'overjoyed'

      Press Assoc. - 1 hour 29 minutes ago

      The family of freed BBC journalist Alan Johnston have told of their delight at his release after a four-month kidnap ordeal in Gaza. More »

    • BBC journalist Alan Johnston freed in Gaza

      BBC journalist Alan Johnston freed in Gaza

      AFP - 1 hour 41 minutes ago

      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. More »

    • BBC's Johnston released - Hamas

      Press Assoc. - 2 hours 34 minutes ago

      Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston has been freed after almost four months, the BBC said. More »

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      BBC journalist Alan Johnston freed: Hamas

      AFP - Wednesday, July 4 02:54 am

      BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed early Wednesday in Gaza City after nearly four months in captivity, following an agreement reached by the Islamist movement Hamas with his abductors. More »

    • A video grab shows BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston in an Internet video issued by his captors on June 1, 2007. Johnston, held hostage in the Gaza Strip since March, was handed over by his Islamist captors to ruling Hamas officials on Wednesday, Palestinian sources close to negotiations for his release said.

      BBC Gaza reporter Johnston said freed

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    • An image of kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston is projected onto Battersea Power Station in London June 19, 2007. Hamas and another militant Islamic group swapped prisoners on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip as mediators negotiated to free Johnston, a spokesman for a group of Palestinian mediators said.

      Sources say BBC Gaza reporter freed

      Reuters - Wednesday, July 4 02:08 am

      Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in the Gaza Strip since March, was handed over by his Islamist captors to ruling Hamas officials on Wednesday, Palestinian sources close to negotiations for his release said. More »

    Johnston's Captors Threaten 'Slaughter'

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    The group holding kidnapped journalist Alan Johnston has reportedly said he will be "slaughtered like a sheep" if its demands for the release of prisoners are not met. More »

    • A poster of the missing BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who disappeared in Gaza on March 12, is displayed during the World Economic Forum in the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea May 18 2007. Hundreds of the world's businessmen gathered at the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea on to discuss social and political reforms in the world.

      Johnston's captors say won't negotiate

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      The captors of BBC reporter Alan Johnston insisted on Tuesday they were not prepared to negotiate and again demanded Britain and Jordan free Muslim prisoners in exchange for the correspondent. More »

    • Kidnapped Journalist In 'Bomb Belt' Video

      SkyNews - Monday, June 25 02:27 pm

      A video showing the kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston wearing what appears to be a belt of explosives around his waist has been posted on the internet. More »

    • BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston is seen wearing what he said was as an explosive belt in this image taken from a June 24, 2007 video released by Jaish al-Islam.

      Johnston's family urges captors not to harm him

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      The family and colleagues of Alan Johnston, a BBC reporter kidnapped by Islamists in Gaza, urged his captors on Monday not to harm him after he appeared in a video wearing what he said was an explosive belt. More »

    • Reporter forced to wear bomb belt

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      ITN - Monday, June 25 06:48 am

      A video of kidnapped journalist Alan Johnston which shows him wearing a suicide bomber's explosives belt has been released by his captors. More »

    • BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston is seen wearing what he said was as an explosive belt in this image taken from a June 24, 2007 video released by Jaish al-Islam.

      BBC's Johnston says will be killed if captors stormed

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    • A poster of the missing BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who disappeared in Gaza on March 12, is displayed during the World Economic Forum in the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea May 18 2007. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Sunday that the kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston have made a new video of the abducted journalist wearing what appeared to be explosives around his waist.

      BBC reporter says will be killed if captors stormed

      Reuters - Monday, June 25 01:16 am

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    • A poster of the missing BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who disappeared in Gaza on March 12, is displayed during the World Economic Forum in the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea May 18 2007. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Sunday that the kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston have made a new video of the abducted journalist wearing what appeared to be explosives around his waist.

      BBC's Johnston shown in tape wearing explosives

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    • A Palestinian journalist holds a poster during a protest calling for the release of kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 28, 2007. Thousands of journalists around the world will observe a vigil on Wednesday marking 100 days since the kidnap of BBC reporter Alan Johnston in Gaza.

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    Hope for Johnston release fading

    FREEDOM HOPES FADE FOR KIDNAPPED JOURNALIST

    Hopes were fading today that kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston would be

    freed when there was still no sign of the captured Gaza correspondent.

    There had been hopes that the reporter would walk free at some point today

    after Hamas officials indicated that his release was imminent.

    But by late afternoon there was still no evidence that the captured BBC

    correspondent's ordeal was over.

    After taking control of the Gaza Strip last week, Hamas officials said they had

    made contact with Mr Johnston's kidnappers and would work to win his release.

    Negotiations were said to be taking place between Hamas and Mr Johnston's

    captors through a mediator.

    Earlier today Hamas spokesman Islam Shahwan said: "All I can say is that Alan

    will be free very soon."

    Mr Johnston, 45, from Argyll, has been held since March when he was snatched by

    a group believed to have some links to Hamas.

    A message purporting to be from his captors has demanded the release of Islamic

    prisoners, including a cleric being held in Britain.

    He was seen for the first time since his abduction in a video posted two weeks

    ago on a website used by Islamic militants. He appeared calm and said he was

    being well-treated and was in good health.

    His disappearance is the longest of any Western journalist abducted in Gaza and

    has sparked numerous protests and solidarity marches in London and the

    Palestinian territories.

    Palestinian officials have said they know where to find Mr Johnston, but have

    held back on raiding the hideout at Britain's request, for fear of harming him.

    The Foreign Office said they were aware of reports saying he may soon be

    released and that they were investigating.

    Abducted BBC reporter Alan Johnston could be freed in the next few hours, according to a Hamas official.

    Abu Osameh al-Mo'ti, representative of the Palestinian Islamist group in Iran, told reporters in Tehran: "The BBC journalist will be released within the next hours, today."

    Johnston, the only Western correspondent based full-time in Gaza, was seized on March 12.

    His abductors, the Army of Islam, issued a video of him on June 1 in which he said he was in good health and being treated well, although it was not known when the tape was made.

    A BBC spokesman in London declined to comment.

    Hamas previously said it was in an advanced stage of negotiations over the release of Johnston, and al-Mo'ti indicated the talks were still going on. But he did not specify how he knew that

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    Police said in a statement the two in custody were suspected of trying to swindle the McCanns, who have launched a Europe-wide search for their daughter after she disappeared two months ago during a family holiday in Portugal.

    The investigation was still continuing, however, and the two suspects were being held in Spanish custody, the statement said.

    "Police began to investigate them after getting information that they had tried to contact Madeleine's parents to collect a reward," the statement said.

    Spanish authorities told Italian diplomats in Spain the man had no connection with Madeleine's disappearance.

    The Italian man was arrested on an international warrant issued from France, where he was wanted for alleged association with a crime group, the police statement said.

    He had served an 18-month sentence in France for child mistreatment, specifically his daughter, it said. A Spanish police spokeswoman said the warrant itself had nothing to do with the McCann case.

    The Portuguese woman was detained due to her association with the Italian man, and there was no warrant for her arrest, the spokeswoman said.

    Both the man and woman were arrested on Thursday morning in Sotogrande, a town in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz. Two Portuguese detectives took part in the arrests, police in Lisbon said. "We thought they might be involved in the Madeleine case. It is a possibility, but we have found no concrete evidence yet," Portuguese police inspector Olegario Sousa said. He declined to provide further details.

    Members of the McCann family in Britain said they were withholding comment until more information was known. "We have no comment to make, because we know no more than we have seen on the news," said John McCann, brother of Madeleine's father, Gerry.

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