Cairo, Egypt (CNN)It was news Lois Greste hoped to hear for more than a year. "I sort of dreamed about it quietly, not daring to think about it too much," she said Monday, grinning as she described her relief at learning her son was released from prison and safely out of Egypt. Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste had been behind bars since December 2013. On Sunday, family members learned he was finally free. "I'm ecstatic, you know, I just can't say how happy I am about it all," his mother said. "I'm very excited and pleased, and thank goodness this is all over."
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Australia's foreign minister says journalist Peter Greste was released "unconditionally"
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Greste is "safe, healthy and very, very happy to be on his way home," his brother says
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He says the Australian Al Jazeera journalist "won't rest" until his colleagues are also freed
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