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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/05/world/middleeast/05mideast.html
No Fast Gain for Hamas After Release of Journalist
[New York Times] Isabel Kershner and Taghreed El-Khodary - - The role of Hamas in securing the release of kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston is not enough to warrant any immediate change in policy toward it, Western and Israeli officials said Wednesday. They said Johnston's freedom would not translate into international recognition and support for the group, which the U.S., Israel and the EU still classify as a terrorist organization and formally boycott.