THREE GERMAN TOURISTS FREED FROM ALGERIAN KIDNAPPERS WAVE UPON THEIR ARRIVAL IN COLOGNE, 2003-05-14 (photo)

Melanie Simon (L) a student from Bayreuth, Axel Mantey (R) from Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Harald Ickler (C) from the Bavarian town of Miesbach wave and show victory signs upon their arrival in Cologne, Germany, May 14, 2003. They are from a group of six German tourists who returned home after Algerian troops stormed an Islamist militant hideout deep in the Sahara and freed unharmed 17 European adventure tourists held for two months, but were still searching for 15 others, the army said on Wednesday. Diplomats said they were worried about 10 Germans, four Swiss and one Dutchman still believed held by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) near the southern Tuareg city Illizi, some 1,200 km (750 miles) south of the capital Algiers. REUTERS/ Kai Pfaffenbach KP/JOH