Jul 11th, 2008 · Four Colombian police officers are back home after 10 years of captivity as hostages of the FARC guerrilla group. But more than 40 fellow officers — and hundreds of other people — remain in the hands of rebel soldiers, and Colombians haven't forgotten them.
Jul 10th, 2008 · In an interview with NPR, former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says her Catholic faith helped pull her through a six-year ordeal in Colombia, where she learned the value of "the sharing of despair."
Jul 3rd, 2008 · Fifteen hostages, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans who were held for years by Colombian rebels, are now free. John Otis, South American bureau chief for the Houston Chronicle, explains details of the rescue.
Jul 2nd, 2008 · Colombian troops have rescued three American Defense Department contractors and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt after years of captivity by leftist guerrillas in the jungle, a Colombian official said Wednesday.
Apr 6th, 2008 · As fighting raged across Iraq last week, a key government spokesman was kidnapped in Baghdad by members of the Shiite militia loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Tahsin al-Sheikhly's family and government officials thought he would surely be killed. But instead he was released Monday.
Jan 14th, 2008 · Clara Rojas, one of the hostages released by Colombian rebels, reunites with her 3-year-old son in Bogota. Rojas gave birth while in captivity, and has said the father is a member of the rebel group that held her. Her son, Emmanuel, was born in an improvised cesarean section.
Jan 12th, 2008 · Two women recently released from captivity by Colombian guerrillas after nearly a decade in a jungle camp. They tell of reuniting with family and the harsh conditions under which they were imprisoned.
Jan 2nd, 2008 · The babies ringing in the New Year in Boston were snakes: 14 babies in all for Ashley, the proud anaconda momma at the New England Aquarium. All measured about 2 feet at birth -- tiny compared with their 16 foot mother. It's a rare birth as it's difficult for anacondas to breed in captivity.