Austrian diplomat and former ambassador

Austrian diplomat and former ambassador Anton Prohaska poses with a mobil phone on March 22, 2008 in his hotel room in Bamako. Prohaska is on a fact finding and negotiation mission to Mali in a bid to secure the release of compatriots Wolfgang Ebner, 51, and Andrea Kloiber, 44, who were abducted on February 22 as they were vacationing in the Tunisian desert and are now believed to be in northern Mali. Talks to secure the release of two Austrians have intensified and a decision on their fate could be imminent, the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was quoted as saying today. AFP PHOTO GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)