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The Colombian military has released a dramatic video of the mission to release Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician, and 14 others from Farc rebels.
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Three US military contractors were among the 15 hostages rescued by the Colombian forces that freed Ingrid Betancourt from Farc rebels.
The contractors were working in Colombia as part of America's 35-year effort to fight the production and sale of narcotics - the so-called War on Drugs.
Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports on the US reaction to their homecoming.
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Captured as hostages while on vacation, this South African couple find themselves trapped in the jungle between warring factions.
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The crew of the Ukrainian freighter held by pirates off the Somali coast may be running out of vital supplies. Authorities in Kiev are looking at ways of getting food and water to those on board. The ship carrying tanks and other weapons from Ukraine to Kenya was seized more than three weeks ago.
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PlusRaw Video: Hostages Freed in ColombiaRaw Video: Hostages Freed in ColombiaThe Associated PressColombia has freed Ingrid Betancourt and 3 U.S. military contractors from leftist guerrillas on Wednesday. Officials say military spies tricked rebels into giving them up without a single shot fired. (July 2)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available.
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Three former hostages are back on U.S. soil after being held in Colombia since 2003 by a guerilla organization with ties to the illegal drug trade. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
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The three American contractors freed with Ingrid Betancourt have now arrived in the United States.
They were captured when their small airplane crashed in a Farc-controlled area in 2003.
Clayton Swisher reports.
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In an exclusive interview with RT, the president of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, says that his newly-recognised country has no bad feelings against the Georgian people as a whole, calling them hostages of the current administration.
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In December 1996, leftist rebels attacked the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru and took 72 people hostages.
After 126 days, Peruvian special forces launched one of the most daring rescue missions in recent history.....
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