Freed Indian hostages 'head home'
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Three Indian truck drivers held hostage in Iraq are expected to leave for home after their release on Wednesday.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home today, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which opposed the U.S. invasion.
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Freed Indian hostages Sukhdev Singh, Antaryami and Tilak Raj were back home on Friday. The three truckers, freed in Iraq after a six-week ordeal, arrived to a rousing welcome from a huge crowd at New Delhi
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Two French journalists freed from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq came home Wednesday, saying they had feared for their lives sometimes
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NEW DELHI, 4 September 2004 - Three Indian truck drivers freed after six weeks in captivity in Iraq were greeted by cheering crowds and tearful relatives at their villages.
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives that they were all right as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release.
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Nineteen newly-freed South Korean hostages headed home on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama in Afghanistan following a deal with Taliban insurgents critics fear could spur more abductions.
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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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Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say.
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Nineteen South Korean Christian  volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six  weeks returned home on Sunday, thanking their government for  winning their release.
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After 42 days in captivity, the three Indian truckers are all set to fly back home today. They are currently in Kuwait and would be taking a special flight back home later tonight.
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Thousands of villagers evacuated from a rumbling volcano in eastern Indonesia are allowed to return home.
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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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About 5,000 Australians who evacuated their houses to avoid being swept away by rising floodwaters were allowed to return home Monday, while others downstream braced for the approaching torrent.
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Safely home in Italy, two women aid  workers spoke of returning to Iraq on Wednesday despite a  three-week hostage ordeal as their overjoyed nation shrugged  off reports that a ransom was paid to free them.
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Dozens of people abducted by a Ugandan rebel group are due to be flown home, hoping to be reunited with families.
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Three Indian truck drivers taken hostage by Iraqi militants have been released, Al Arabia news channel said on Wednesday. The truckers&#39; employers, Kuwait-Gulf Link company, confirmed the development.