Libya frees 4 foreign journalists

TRIPOLI: Libya freed on Wednesday four arrested journalists -- two Americans, a Briton and a Spaniard -- an AFP journalist witnessed as they arrived at the capital's Rixos Hotel.

American James Foley of GlobalPost, an online news agency, and freelance writer Clare Morgana Gillis, as well as Spain's Manu Brabo disappeared on April 4 while covering the conflict in Libya.

They were released along with Briton Nigel Chandler, about whom no details were immediately available.

There was also no immediate information on the fate of a South African photographer, Anton Hammerl, who was also detained on April 4. However, the South African ambassador was at the hotel waiting for him. (AFP)