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JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2003 - INLAND - ENDE EINER ODYSEE: Accompanied by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, 2nd left, and Zurich's district president Christian Huber, right, released Sahara hostages Reto Walther, Marc Hediger, Sybille Graf, and Silja Staeheli, from left, wave to relatives after arriving at Zurich-Kloten airport, Wednesday, August 20, 2003. A German Air Force jet carrying 14 Europeans who spent nearly six months as hostages in the hands of Algerian Islamic radicals arrived early 20 August in Cologne. The nine Germans, four Swiss and one Dutch national were freed in the Sahara Desert earlier this week. (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri) [KLO107]