Alan Johnston

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated Friday that a British journalist kidnapped in Gaza is alive and said his government was in contact with the British authorities on the case. We are maintaining a steady contact with Britain's Foreign Office on the matter," Abbas told reporters in Sofia. "I cannot, however, provide more details because of the security of the British journalist," Abbas said. In a statement published on Thursday by the Foreign Press Association, it announced that "effectively, Gaza has become a 'no-go' zone for our members.(20,11)