Lebanese newspapers published birthday letters to American journalist Terry Waite on Saturday . One newspaper reported that fellow hostage Madeleine will be freed soon. Seven newspapers printed birthday greetings to Anderson from his sister, Peggy Say , his youngest daughter, Sulome , and Anderson , Sulome 's mother. They published the original Arabic text so that Anderson , who did not know Arabic when he was kidnapped, would be able to read them if his kidnapers allowed him to. The newspaper, ad-Diyar, meanwhile, said British hostage Terry Waite would be freed either "by Saturday or within the first half of the coming November , at the latest."
Lebanese newspapers published birthday letters to American journalist Terry Anderson on Saturday. One newspaper reported that fellow hostage Terry Waite will be freed soon. Seven newspapers printed birthday greetings to Anderson from his sister, Peggy Say, his youngest daughter, Sulome, and Madeleine, Sulome's mother. They published the original English text so that Anderson, who did not know Arabic when he was kidnapped, would be able to read them if his kidnapers allowed him to. The newspaper, ad-Diyar, meanwhile, said British hostage Terry Waite would be freed either "by the end of this month or within the first half of the coming November, at the latest."