French President Francois Hollande arriving with the families to welcome the four French hostages released yesterday in Niger, at Villacoublay military airport, near Paris, France on October 30, 2013. The so-called 'Arlit hostages', Thierry Dol, Daniel Larribe, Pierre Legrand and Marc Feret were kidnapped in Niger in 2010 by the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group. Photo by Guibbaud-Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM