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Raw Video: Hostages Freed in Colombia
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.
Length: 103
Rating: 4.60 (13 ratings)
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FARC Hostages Rescue Video
Exclusive video detailing the liberation of FARC hostages in Colombia has been released to the public. As Kimberly Dozier reports, the former hostages are adjusting nicely to freedom.
Length: 102
Rating: 4.60 (36 ratings)
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Betancourt, 3 American Hostages Freed From FARC
PlusBetancourt, 3 American Hostages Freed From FARCBetancourt, 3 American Hostages Freed From FARCThe Associated PressColombia said its military rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages from leftist rebels on Wednesday. (July 2)After years in captivity -- Colombia's military says it has rescued 15-hostages -- including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, and 3- U.S. Military contractors. Betancourt was kidnapped in 2002. Colombia's Defense Minister says no one was hurt in the military's operation. He says army commandos captured the FARC rebels manning a security ring around the hostages without any loss of life. The other 11 hostages freed were Colombian soldiers and police. Betancourt - a French-Colombian - is the rebel group's highest-profile hostage She is believed to suffer from serious liver problems and was pictured looking frail in a recent video. The Farc group has been fighting to overthrow the Colombian government for more than 40 years. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
Length: 47
Rating: 4.60 (16 ratings)
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Hostages - Amiga version - Part 1 of 2
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
Length: 327
Rating: 5.00 (16 ratings)
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Film emerges of mission to free Farc hostages - 04 July 08
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.
Length: 406
Rating: 4.80 (16 ratings)
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Korean Hostages - UPDATE: 21 Hostages Released
UPDATES ARE POSTED BELOW This video was originally posted on July 22. Since posting, the Taliban murdered 2 Korean hostages and freed the remaining hostages by Aug. 30. Thank you for keeping the hostages in your prayers! Please remember to pray for comfort for the families of Shim Sung-min and Pastor Bae Hyung-kyu.
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AUG.30: (Korea Times) The remaining 7 hostages were released today.
AUG. 29: (Xinhua) 12 SK hostages were released today. The Taliban stated the remaining hostages would be released Thursday.
AUG. 28: (Korea Times) The Taliban agreed to release all remaining SK hostages.
Taliban and Korean negotiators agreed to a deal which included withdrawal of Korean troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, a ban on Korean Christian missionaries traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the departure of all Korean non-governmental organizations from Afghanistan.
AUG.20: (Chosun) Talks continue for the release of 19 remaining hostages.
AUG. 19: (UPI) The Taliban threatened to kill the hostages Monday if 8 Taliban prisoners were not released.
AUG. 13: The Taliban released 2 female hostages named Kim Kyung-ja and Kim Ji-na.
AUG. 11: (NY Times) Taliban and SK officials met for another day of talks. Taliban leaders said 2 female hostages would be released, "today or tomorrow."
AUG. 3: About 300 friends and relatives said goodbye to Shim Sung-min at his funeral in Korea. Rev. Park said, "If we follow in Sung-min's steps of love and service, we will come to see the kind of world that he dreamed of." Sung-min's father, Shim Jin-pyo, said in tears,"My son, Sung-min! I hope your dream comes true in a bigger way there. Please pray in heaven for the safety of the remaining 21 captives together with pastor Bae."
Indonesia's 2 biggest Muslim organizations called for the immediate release of SK hostages and strongly condemned the killing of 2 hostages.
AUG. 2: Amnesty Int'l. called for the hostages' release, stating that holding and killing captives was a war crime.
JULY 31: (AP) The murder of a 2nd SK hostage by the Taliban provoked outrage in South Korea. The mother of 1 hostage called for the US to help but urged the intervention should not be a military raid.
The OIC urged the immediate release of the SK hostages and said the kidnapping goes against the principles of Islamic faith.
Human Rights Watch urged the Taliban to immediately release all hostages, noting hostage-taking and summary execution of any person in custody are war crimes prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. HRW said the Taliban's attacks in 2007 have included 221 civilian deaths and at least 28 beheadings.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 2 deaths of SK missionaries, calling their killings senseless.
JULY 30: (AP) South Korean officials confirmed the Taliban executed another male hostage. The victim, Shim Sung-min, was only 29 years old when he was shot to death by the Taliban.
Families of the remaining hostages are pleading for their loved ones' release. One father pleaded, "Please, please send my children back so I can hold them in my arms. Our families are the same. Your family is precious, so is mine."
Qari Yousef Ahmadi said the deadline for the lives of the hostages has been extended until Aug. 1 (7:30 GMT).
JULY 29: (AP) Afghan President Karzai calls the abductions "shameful" and "un-Islamic", adding, "The perpetration of this heinous act on our soil is in total contempt of our Islamic and Afghan values."
SK presidential envoy Baek Jong-chun thanked Pres. Karzai and said SK will respect the Afghan govt.'s way of ending the crisis.
Pope Benedict XVI called for the Taliban to "desist from the evil they have carried out and give back their victims unharmed."
JULY 28: (Donga News) Medicine was delivered to the kidnappers to give to ill hostages.
JULY 27: (Xinhua) No progress was made in talks on releasing the hostages. Ahmadi said the hostages' lives are "in danger".
Ghazni Governor Merajudin Pathan reported the Taliban extended the Friday deadline for executing the hostages.
Hundreds of SK Muslims urged the immediate release of the Christian hostages during their Friday prayers.
JULY 26: (AFP) The Taliban extended the deadline to negotiate the release of 22 kidnapped South Koreans until 7:30GMT Friday (July 27).
JULY 25: (AP) The Taliban murdered 1 male Korean hostage today. Pastor Bae Hyung-kyu was killed on his 42nd birthday.
In South Korea, sounds of crying emerged when news came out that one of the hostages had been killed.
Afghan villagers demonstrated for the Koreans to be freed. Local resident Asif Amiri said, ''We ask the Taliban to please release them without harming them,''
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Music by Ennio Morricone
Length: 240
Rating: 4.20 (71 ratings)
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US hostages freed from Colombian rebels - 03 July 08
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.
Length: 274
Rating: 4.40 (9 ratings)
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