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Palestinian Authority expects British correspondent freed Tues.

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GAZA, March 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Palestinian Authority is negotiating the release of kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston, and expects him to be freed later today, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

"We know these people and are continuing negotiations to have him freed today," Ghazi Hamad, the Palestinian government spokesman, told demonstrators protesting Johnston's kidnapping at a meeting in Gaza. "I confirm that we will get good news later today," he said.

An unknown group kidnapped the BBC correspondent near his house in Gaza Monday.

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