The New York Times just confirmed that he knows nothing of four of its journalists on Tuesday morning, when they held the last contact with the wording. The newspaper has issued a statement saying it had received information indirectly assuring reporters that the team was in the city of Ajdabiya when he was captured by forces of the regime of Gaddafi.
Bill Keller, editor of the Times, said that the newspaper could not confirm these facts. Also released today was the journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian, after being detained by the Libyan authorities. "We are happy that Ghaith has been released and are safely out of Libya," announced Alan Rusbridger, editor of British newspaper.
Another Brazilian reporter, Andrei Netto of O Estado de Sao Paulo, was released last week. Times reporters are missing Step Farrell, who was kidnapped in 2009 by the Taliban and liberated by British troops, Anthony Shadid, head of the newspaper office in Beirut and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the photographer Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario .
"We have spoken to the authorities of the Libyan government in Tripoli and tell us trying to figure out where our journalists," writes Keller. "We are grateful to the Libyan government for its guarantee that if our journalists were caught soon be released safe and sound," concludes the director of the Times. 
Bill Keller, editor of the Times, said that the newspaper could not confirm these facts. Also released today was the journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian, after being detained by the Libyan authorities. "We are happy that Ghaith has been released and are safely out of Libya," announced Alan Rusbridger, editor of British newspaper.
Another Brazilian reporter, Andrei Netto of O Estado de Sao Paulo, was released last week. Times reporters are missing Step Farrell, who was kidnapped in 2009 by the Taliban and liberated by British troops, Anthony Shadid, head of the newspaper office in Beirut and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the photographer Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario .
"We have spoken to the authorities of the Libyan government in Tripoli and tell us trying to figure out where our journalists," writes Keller. "We are grateful to the Libyan government for its guarantee that if our journalists were caught soon be released safe and sound," concludes the director of the Times.
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