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.
Video duration: 274 seconds
Global video hits: 5728
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.
Video duration: 253 seconds
Global video hits: 11841
Captured as hostages while on vacation, this South African couple find themselves trapped in the jungle between warring factions.
Locked Up Abroad: Malaysia :
MON OCTOBER 6 9P et/pt : http://channel.natio nalgeographic.com/se ries/locked-up-abroa d/3810/Overview/?sou rce=4003
Video duration: 327 seconds
Global video hits: 4161
Classic Infogrames game on the Amiga.
This part involves positioning three snipers around the embassy. Music quietens while hiding from spotlights.
Hall Of Light entry
http://hol.abime. net/738
Columbian President Alvaro Uribe met with three freed U.S. hostages in Washington, D.C. In July, Uribe launched a daring military operation that rescued a total of 15 hostages from FARC, a leftist rebel group in Columbia. (Sept. 19)
Video duration: 406 seconds
Global video hits: 12237
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.
Video duration: 227 seconds
Global video hits: 3887
Two South Korean women, held hostage for weeks by the Taliban in Afghanistan, have spoken exclusively to Al Jazeera. In the interview they begged for the release of the remaing 19 hostages. Dan Nolan, reporting for Al Jazeera from Afghanistan, has an exclusive report.
Video duration: 250 seconds
Global video hits: 11097
A collaboration with my friend, Jim, who asked me to create a slideshow using the emotive solo he did just after hearing about the Russian children who were killed and wounded in the 2004 terrorist attack on their school in Beslan.
![Koreans beg for hostages\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/E52iHkNzLws/2.jpg "Koreans beg for hostages\")
