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Thursday, July 05, 2007 

Syria pressured Hamas to find kidnapped British journalist

Syria put pressure on Hamas to step up efforts to find BBC journalist Alan Johnston.

Johnston was freed by a militant group in Gaza yesterday, after more than four months in captivity.

When Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip they said one of their first priorities would be to find Johnston.

And now the far-right Jerusalem Post is reporting that the British government asked Syria to put pressure on Hamas to deal with the situation.

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