After four months in captivity in Gaza, BBC journalist Alan Johnston is back home in Scotland, thus ending what he calls "this strange, dark period" of his life.
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston was released early Wednesday after being held for 114 days, ending the longest-ever captivity of a journalist kidnapped in Gaza.
As both BBC reporter Alan Johnston and Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit speak out, Hamas must show that it is powerful and responsible enough to win their release
The militant group in Gaza claiming to hold BBC correspondent Alan Johnston renewed its threat Tuesday to kill the British journalist who has been held in Gaza since March 12.
Clad in what appeared to be an explosive vest, kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston warned in a new video that his captors would turn their hideout into a "death zone" if any rescue attempt is made.
The military wing of Hamas said Friday it is working to secure the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was abducted March 12 in Gaza.
Saying he was being treated well, BBC reporter Alan Johnston appeared for the first time since his abduction in March in a video tape issued by his captors that was delivered to a Palestinian news agency in Gaza on Friday.
Britain's Foreign Office has been holding talks in London with the attorney of a jailed Jordanian associate of Osama bin Laden in a bid to secure the release of kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, officials said Thursday.
After four months in captivity in Gaza, BBC journalist Alan Johnston is back home in Scotland, thus ending what he calls "this strange, dark period" of his life.
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston was released early Wednesday after being held for 114 days, ending the longest-ever captivity of a journalist kidnapped in Gaza.
As both BBC reporter Alan Johnston and Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit speak out, Hamas must show that it is powerful and responsible enough to win their release
The militant group in Gaza claiming to hold BBC correspondent Alan Johnston renewed its threat Tuesday to kill the British journalist who has been held in Gaza since March 12.
Clad in what appeared to be an explosive vest, kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston warned in a new video that his captors would turn their hideout into a "death zone" if any rescue attempt is made.
The military wing of Hamas said Friday it is working to secure the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was abducted March 12 in Gaza.
Saying he was being treated well, BBC reporter Alan Johnston appeared for the first time since his abduction in March in a video tape issued by his captors that was delivered to a Palestinian news agency in Gaza on Friday.
Britain's Foreign Office has been holding talks in London with the attorney of a jailed Jordanian associate of Osama bin Laden in a bid to secure the release of kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, officials said Thursday.
The BBC reported on its Web site Tuesday it was checking a tape purportedly from the kidnappers of the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, sent to the al-Jazeera television network.
The BBC said Sunday it is "deeply concerned" about an unknown militant group's claim that it has killed a BBC reporter kidnapped last month in Gaza, but is treating the statement as a "rumor with no independent verification."
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