A cameraman from the al-Jazeera television station has been freed from US detention in Guantanamo Bay, the channel says.
Sami al-Hajj had been in US custody for more than six years.
He was detained in Afghanistan in 2001.
He is now returning home to Sudan, al-Jazeera says.
"We are in a state of high expectation and we are overwhelmed with joy," said Wadah Khanfar, managing director of al-Jazeera's Arabic service.
There was no immediate US comment.
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The channel said that he was expected to arrive in Khartoum shortly.
Mr Hajj was working as a cameraman for al-Jazeera when he was arrested by Pakistani troops near the Afghan border in December 2001 and later handed over to the US military.
Sami al-Hajj, who was 38 at the time, was accused of links to militant groups but has not been charged.
He has denied the allegations against him and his employers at al-Jazeera say the charges are politically motivated.
(BBC)
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