A court in the Romanian capital Bucharest has issued an arrest warrant on terrorism charges for an Iraqi-American citizen who translated for three Romanian journalists who were held hostage in Iraq for nearly two months.

Three journalists who returned to Romania after nearly two months in captivity in Iraq will be allowed home today after spending three days in quarantine, the president’s office said.

Landing on Romanian soil after nearly two months in captivity in Iraq, journalist Marie Jeanne Ion tugged off her yellow headscarf today and ran across the tarmac into her younger sister’s arms.

Iraqi militants threatening to kill three Romanian journalists and a US hostage issued a new video today, extending the deadline until tomorrow for Romania to withdraw its troops, Al-Jazeera television said.