A European tour group kidnapped in the Sahara Desert was abruptly freed after a phone call to one of the captors, and all 19 hostages piled into a single car, some clinging to the roof as they drove 200 miles to safety.
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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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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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Jo Rosano, whose son Marc Gonsalez is among 15 hostages who have been rescued by the Colombian military from captivity, talks to Al Jazeera's Stephen Cole. The Colombian rebel group FARC had been holding Gonsalez in the jungle for years.
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Sami al-Hajj, the Al Jazeera cameraman who was held by the US in its controversial Guantanamo prison, has been freed.
Al-Hajj, who had been on hunger strike for months in protest over his treatment in Guantanamo, was flown to Khartoum and taken immediately to hospital.
Later he was reunited with his family.
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The Belarusian youth activist, Zmitser Dashkevich, has been released early from Sklou prison in Belarus. Zmitser was the subject of a global Amnesty International action last year calling for his release.
In an interview shortly after his release, Zmitser said that he thought his early release was due to international pressure.
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Two Colombians have been freed from captivity by paramilitary group Farc.
The two former hostages rushed to thank Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, who helped negotiate their release.
