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UN confirms Lebanon body is British journalist

The body of Alec Collett was one of two dug up by British experts last week in Bekaa Valley, the Foreign Office said.

The freelance journalist was 64 when he was snatched at gunpoint from a car near Beirut airport in 1985.

The United Nations is to transport the body home. UK embassy staff in Beirut are assisting Mr Collett's family.

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