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                Chart 		Summary.     Click for More > Kidnapped aid workers freed Pirates free crew of Spanish boat Freed hostage sees son Freed hostages reunited with families   2 hostages freed by Colombian rebels have landed in Caracas, where their friends and family carrying flowers clapped and embraced them
Kurdish rebels release German hostages Colombia used Red Cross logo in rescue  Colombian military intelligence used the Red Cross emblem in a operation in which leftist guerrillas were duped into handing over 15 hostage... Video shows orderly hostage rescue Betancourt reunited with family   Betancourt rescued from FARC
Sun.   Turkey
Jul. 15   Colombia
Jul. 4   Colombia
Jul. 3   Colombia
Jul. 2   Colombia
  In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages.    Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing h...
Jun. 28   Somalia
Apr.26   Somalia
Jan.13   Colombia
Jan.10   Venezuela

  Video shows orderly hostage rescue  Colombia showed video of an orderly mission that ended in hugs and laughter for 15 hostages who were rescued from a guerilla group   Betancourt reunited with family  The French-Colombian politician was among 15 hostages rescued without a shot being fired as their captors were tricked into handing them over   Betancourt rescued from FARC

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  Kurdish rebels release German hostages Map of Agri Turkey  3 Germans kidnapped by PKK, were released after more than a week in captivity. They have been kept in the mountains under bad conditions Colombia used Red Cross logo in rescue

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Sun.   Turkey
Jul. 15   Colombia
  Colombian military intelligence used the Red Cross emblem in a operation in which leftist guerrillas were duped into handing over 15 hostages
Jul. 4   Colombia
Jul. 3   Colombia
Jul. 2   Colombia
  In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages
 Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing healthy after being held for 6 years in the jungle, Betancourt walked down from a military jet in Bogota and hugged her mother and husband

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Jun. 28   Somalia Kidnapped aid workers freed  Swedish and a Danish national taken hostage by Islamist militants were released within hours

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May.16   Afghanistan Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed

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Apr.26   Somalia Pirates free crew of Spanish boat  Pirates have released the Playa de Bakio, a Basque tuna fishing boat, and its 26 crew members seized off the coast of Somalia Apr.11   Paris Sarkozy: Pirates have released hostages

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Feb.27   Venezuela 4 hostages released by FARC

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Jan.28   West Pakistan School siege ends peacefully Jan.13   Colombia   Freed hostage sees son   Clara Rojas, who gave birth to a boy while she was being held hostage by Farc rebels has been reunited with her child after being freed Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits Jan.10   Venezuela Freed hostages reunited with families
  2 hostages freed by Colombian rebels have landed in Caracas, where their friends and family carrying flowers clapped and embraced them
  Colombia Colombian rebels 'free hostages'

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Dec.24   Somalia French journalist freed Oct.23   Somalia U.N. food chief released Sep.1   South Korea   Freed Koreans return home  The 19 church workers freed from captivity in Afghanistan have arrived home in Seoul, after being held by the Taleban for 6 weeks Aug.30   Afghanistan   Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban
  Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
Aug.29   Afghanistan   Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages   The hostages were released into the care of officials of the Red Cross at 3 separate locations in central Afghanistan close to the city of G... Aug.19   Kabul Kidnapped German woman freed  Christina Meier was freed during a police raid on a house, and a number of her suspected abductors were arrested Aug.14   Iran Belgians in Iran freed Aug.13   Afghanistan   Two female Korean hostages freed  Kim Kyung Ja and Kim Jina were now in Ghazni's provincial capital, 25 days after they were seized First Khmer Rouge leader charged Jul.19  Southern Philippines  Italy priest freed Jul.13  Nigeria  3-year-old freed by kidnappers Jul.8   Nigeria Kidnappers free UK girl Jul.3   Gaza BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed
  Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt.    TV pictures showed Johnston, 45, leaving a building and entering a car, acc...
Jun.11  Nigeria  Hostages released in Niger Delta May.27  Iraq  U.S. frees 42 al Qaeda kidnap victims  Gaza  Official: BBC reporter alive May.17  London  UK in talks for release of reporter May.11  Afghanistan  Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive Apr.29   Ethiopia Rebels release 7 Chinese hostages Apr.28  Afghanistan  Taliban release French aid worker Apr.3  Baghdad  Kidnapped Iranian diplomat released Mar.28   Manila Hostage-taker releases children, teachers Mar.13   Eritrea European hostages freed Feb.13  Nigeria  Kidnappers release hostages Astronaut charged with attempted murder Jan.17   Nigeria Militants free Italian

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Nov.14   Baghdad Most hostages freed after kidnapping   Iraqi Interior Ministry official: Most of those kidnapped from a research institute have been freed Oct.21  Nigeria  Rebels free oil hostages Oct.11  Nigeria  Hostages freed Aug.27   Gaza Kidnapped Fox journalists released  Reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Olaf Wiig are in good health as they embraced family and co-workers Aug.26  Iraq  Kidnapped lawmaker released Mar.30   Iraq Journalist Carroll freed  American hostage, a freelance journalist released after 3 months in captivity, said she was 'treated very wel' Mar.7  Iraq  Video of three hostages aired Jan.1   Gaza   Italian hostages freed in Gaza, Yemen  A man who was abducted in the Gaza town of Khan Yunis has been released

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.31  Haiti  Seized officials freed Dec.30   Gaza British hostages freed, say Palestinians 'HIV medics' sentence lifted Oct.13   North Caucasus Russian hostages freed Jun.22  Iraq  Hostage freed after 7 months Jun.12   Iraq French journalist freed Jun.10   Rome Freed hostage back home Jun.9   Kabul Italy hostage released in Kabul  Clementina Cantoni, who works for Care International, has been freed nearly a month after being taken hostage May.22   Iraq Romanian journalists freed May.10   Greece Athens anarchists release hostages Jan.22   Iraq 8 Chinese hostages freed

year 2004 Top ^

Dec.21  Iraq  French journalists freed Nov.22   Afghanistan U.N. hostages 'released unharmed' Nov.20   Poland Polish woman hostage released Sep.28   Iraq   Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released  2 women kidnapped 3 weeks ago have been released and 2 journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours Sep.27   Iraq   Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed  Fereidoun Jahani, who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August, arrived at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad Sep.15   Iraq Turkish hostage freed Sep.2   North Caucasus School siege: '26 freed' Sep.1  Iraq  Employer: 7 hostages released Aug.22   Iraq Kidnappers free journalist Micah Garen Aug.4   Sunni Triangle Jordanian hostages freed Jul.16  Gaza  Group frees French hostages Defiant Saddam in court Apr.12  Iraq  Chinese hostages released

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.22  Colombia  Hostages freed at last Aug.18   Mali 14 European hostages released  9 Germans, 4 Swiss and a Dutchman were among 32 taken hostage by Algerian Islamic extremists in the Sahara Jun.10  Peru  Kidnapped workers freed May.19  Algeria  Raid frees last Sahara tourists May.14   Algeria 17 Sahara tourist hostages freed

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Oct.24  Moscow  7 freed from theater Aug.20  Berlin  Hostage crisis over Jul.15  Mexico  Hostages freed in airport dispute

year 2001 Top ^

Taleban opponent executed

year 2000 Top ^

Dec.23  Colombia  Hostage release by rebels