Apologetic South Korean hostages return home
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ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for saving them from death.
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The 19 South Korean Christians freed by Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban after six weeks in captivity will arrive home on early Sunday, foreign ministry officials said.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq arrived home Wednesday to a tearful welcome from their families, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which had opposed the war.
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They are returning home with a sense of accomplishment, but also with feelings of anger and frustration, even despair.
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Many Koreans, while relieved, express concerns about charges that a ransom was paid.
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Two French journalists freed after four months held hostage in Iraq are set for an emotional welcome home.
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Nineteen South Korean Christians freed by Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban after six weeks in captivity started their long journey home on Friday as Seoul came under fire for negotiating with the rebels.
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Nineteen newly-freed South Korean hostages flew out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama following a deal with Taliban insurgents critics fear could spur more abductions.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Nineteen South Koreans flew out of Afghanistan yesterday after spending nearly six weeks in Taliban captivity, as Afghanistan's main opposition political party criticized the agreement that led to their release.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home Wednesday, ending a drama that has gripped their country for four months and appears to have turned on its opposition to the war in Iraq.
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Nineteen South Koreans who were held by the Taliban as hostages for six weeks arrived early Sunday at Incheon International Airport, outside Seoul.
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A Korean-American who spent seven years in prison for spying for South Korea Tuesday said he had returned to his homeland to help clean up the country's worst oil spill.
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British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, who were named suspects in their four-year-old daughter Madeleine's disappearance, began their return home on Sunday.
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Two reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released in Baghdad on Tuesday and should be home in time for Christmas.
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A Colombian hostage freed after years in guerrilla captivity returned to Bogota on Monday carrying letters and photographs from fellow kidnap victims left behind in secret jungle camps.
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PARIS  - Two French journalists freed in Iraq headed for home and a rapturous welcome at the end of a four-month hostage ordeal as the government in Paris insisted no ransom was paid to secure their freedom.
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Nineteen South Korean former hostages who spent six weeks under threat of death from Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban arrived home Sunday, saying they felt as if they had died and then got their lives back.