Police raise the cordon tape as Talledo, a photographer from the Peruvian daily Expresso, leaves after abandoning his position on a rooftop inside the secured area around the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima on the 30th day of the hostage standoff, January 16. All national television stations and one national newspaper left the rooftop position overlooking the residence this evening after police told them they had to get down. Tupac Amaru rebels seized the diplomatic compound December 17 and continue to hold 74 hostages.

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