TOKYO - Somali pirates released a Chinese fishing vessel and its multinational crew Sunday from nearly three months of captivity, as Japan announced plans to dispatch two destroyers to the African coast to protect its commercial vessels from piracy, reports said.Chinese naval ships were escorting the fishing boat, the Tianyu No. 8, to safe waters after its release, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Its 24-member crew — 15 mainland Chinese, one Taiwanese, one Japanese, three Filipinos and four Vietnamese — were safe but would receive medical examinations, it said.
China's government expressed appreciation for the crew's release, it said, without giving further details...more..http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29084554/
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