French Alain Berceaux, father of Alexandre Berceaux, a French hostage in Algeria who succeeded with other Algerian and foreigners to escape on January 17,2013 from the Tiguentourine gas field in southeastern Algeria, speaks with journalists on January 18, 2013 in Pagny-sur-Moselle, eastern France. The fate of some 30 foreigners hung in the balance today after Al-Qaeda-linked hostage-takers at a remote Algerian gas field demanded a prisoner swap and an end to French military action in Mali. VERHAEGEN
{"Image ImageDescription": "French Alain Berceaux, father of Alexandre Berceaux, a French hostage in Algeria who succeeded with other Algerian and foreigners to escape on January 17,2013 from the Tiguentourine gas field in southeastern Algeria, speaks with journalists on January 18, 2013 in Pagny-sur-Moselle, eastern France. The fate of some 30 foreigners hung in the balance today after Al-Qaeda-linked hostage-takers at a remote Algerian gas field demanded a prisoner swap and an end to French military action in Mali.\nAFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN        (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2013 AFP"}