A French hostage
Florent Lemaçon and family and two
pirates, died Friday in a rescue operation off Somalia’s coastline, the French president’s office in Paris said Friday.Four hostages, including a child, were freed from the hijacked yacht after almost a week of captivity, Nicolas Sarkozy’s office said.The French military decided to move
in when pirates refused their offers and increased threats against the hostages, it said.The four adults and a child had been held aboard their yacht, the Tanit, since it was seized in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, the president’s statement said.There has been a series of high-profile and increasingly sophisticated pirate attacks in recent months...more,..
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Hawiye Terrorist tugs Pirates Demand
$2.8m for US captain's release
It is being reported that the Somali pirates holding American sea captain Richard Phillips on a drifting lifeboat want $2.8 million for his release.Other pirates aboard a hijacked German ship are also reportedly headin
g to the area to provide reinforcements.Captain Phillips' wife Andrea says her husband recently told her his ship was on high alert for pirates."I will feel actually a lot better when I actually hear my husband's voice on the phone and that he tells me he's okay," she said."I'll believe that when I hear him. Try not to fear the worst, but I knew that this was always a risk being in these particular waters."Earlier, Captain Phillips was unsuccessfull in an attempt to escape from the pirates.The US state department says Captain Phillips jumped from the lifeboat he is being held on, but that pirates hauled him back in. ..more..
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A French hostage Florent Lemaçon and family and two pirates, died Friday in a rescue operation off Somalia’s coastline, the French president’s office in Paris said Friday.Four hostages, including a child, were freed from the hijacked yacht after almost a week of captivity, Nicolas Sarkozy’s office said.The French military decided to move 
in when pirates refused their offers and increased threats against the hostages, it said.The four adults and a child had been held aboard their yacht, the Tanit, since it was seized in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, the president’s statement said.There has been a series of high-profile and increasingly sophisticated pirate attacks in recent months...more,..http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/10/hostage-dies-as-french-attack-somali-pirates/
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