journalist paul solopek has been released

i was unsure he was ever going to get out of there. the really GOOD news is his interpreter and his driver were also released.

U.S. Journalist Freed From Darfur Prison

By MOHAMED OSMAN

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - American journalist Paul Salopek was released Saturday from a prison in the war-torn Darfur region where he was held for more than a month on espionage charges.
A judge in the North Darfur capital of el-Fasher released the Chicago Tribune journalist and his Chadian driver and interpreter after a 13-minute hearing.
Speaking at a news conference after arriving in Khartoum, Salopek, 44, thanked the Sudanese president and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for their help in securing his release, and he said his "treatment was excellent" while in detention.
Richardson traveled to Sudan on Friday to meet with President Omar al-Bashir and persuaded him to release Salopek, as well as the driver and interpreter. He picked up Salopek and his colleagues in el-Fasher on Saturday and took them back to Khartoum..........