European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 15 hostage escapes guerrillas in Colombia Man was held with 3 americans by Joshua Goodman the associated press Colombia a police officer who fled to Freedom after eight years As a hostage of leftist rebels said he was held with three american military con tractors and former presidential candidate Ingrid Jhon Frank Xinchao fled his guerrillas of the revolutionary armed forces of colom or near the Southeast Ern town of where he had been taken hostage during a rebel he walked for 17 Days in the Amazon Jungle before running into a counter narcotics patrol on at a news conference wednes Day evening flanked by defense minister Juan Manuel pin Chao told reporters he last saw the three americans Marc gon Tom Howes and Keith Stansell and Betancourt on april he said Gonsalves was suffering from hepatitis at the the three americans were Cap tured in february 2003 by far when their plane went Down Dur ing a surveillance Mission in William Fernando police officer Jhon Frank Xinchao shows a Chain during a news conference at the presidential Palace in Bogota on Xinchao escaped from colombian rebels after More than eight years of Captivity and was found deep inside the Amazon the officer was among about 60 soldiers and police including three american defense contractors held by the revolutionary armed forces of Southern he provided no other details about the health or Well being of the Betancourt or the other politicians and police offic ers being held with him at the time of his an ant corruption was kidnapped on while Campaign ing for president in the she has become a cause celebre be cause of her dual frenc colom Bian holding up a thin linked Metal Chain similar to the one he said was tightened around his neck and tied to another prisoner at night during his he re counted How he took advantage of a lapse by his captors to escape from the Jungle Camp where he and 12 others were being i Hope its not my fault that the others face difficulties pin Chao said while breaking into following his Xinchao said he had to swim and crawl through Colombia Remote Jungle before running into an anti narcotics police patrol on who missed the birth of his child during his Long captive said he and the other hostages were moved every three or four months to new in one of those Jungle he came across Clara Betancourtt Campaign who he said gave birth to a child named pm along with Betancourt and the Xinchao is among some 60 political prisoners the far is using As political pawns to negotiate an Exchange for the release of hundreds of jailed Xinchao was kidnapped in no vember when 700 rebels at tacked and held the Frontier Ama Zon town of Mitu for three killing 53 people and taking another 61 said police spokes Man Alberto All but seven of the hostages had been re couple arrested for abandoning baby Tokyo a Young japanese couple suspected of leaving their baby in the baggage hold of a Motorbike while they gambled were arrested thursday after the Childs dead body was found in a police and Media reports the arrest of Motoki Tamiya and his both comes amid Public outcry about the treatment of children after a separate Case in which a pre schooler was abandoned by his father at an Anonymous drop Box meant for unwanted in thursdays the 1yearold boy is believed to have suffocated to death while shut in airfreight Charters ha2mat warehousing Mission critical special projects on site staff equipment at military bases com the motorbikes storage Compart ment As his parents played Media reports the couple was arrested on suspicion of illegally dumping the official talks on Iraq to begin May 28 Pakistan talks about Iraq Security will begin in Iraq on May Iran foreign minister said thurs and kept up Tehran Call for foreign troops to Manouchehr Motoaki said the negotiations would be exclusively about Iraq and that the first meet in the presence of iraqi offi would try to set a More de tailed in ambassador Ryan Crocker appeared unaware of Kottakis saying Only that he hoped the talks would take place by the end of the 2 korean climbers killed on mount Everest Nepal two South korean cumbers were killed trying to scale mount Ever a nepalese mountaineering official said of and Lee fell after they reached the Altitude of feet on their Way to the Summit said khad Ananda chief of Nepal mountaineering Dhakal said there were not Many details but the two climbers were part of a seven member korean team climbing from the Southwest face of the worlds highest from the associated press Seinfeld misbehaving Andrew comedian Jerry dressed As a glides through the air connected to a wire during a publicity stunt for the film Bee movie at the 60th International film festival in on