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South African police released the Tunisian owner of Britain's Islam Channel after holding him for two days on an international terror warrant issued by his homeland, saying Wednesday that Tunisia had failed to respond to queries about the case.
Musa Zondi, a spokesman for South African police, also said Wednesday that Britain did not consider Mohamed Ali Harrath a threat. Harrath returned to Britain on a Wednesday morning flight.
Harrath had been arrested late Sunday at Johannesburg's international airport upon arrival from London. Zondi said Harrath could not be held beyond 48 hours without word from Tunisian police about whether the warrant issued through Interpol in 1992 was still valid, and Tunisia did not respond to South African queries.