Somali PIRATE Standoff Continues ; Somali Pirates: We'll Fight to the Death Before Surrendering to U.S., Russia ; Russian warship may free Somali pirates' hostages by force ; Somali president... ...
posted by Highplain Paris court has charged six Somalis with taking a French luxury yacht’s crew hostage off Africa this month, officials say.The six were flown to Paris after being detained on Friday by French commandos in a helicopter raid, soon after the 30 hostages were released.The hostages - 22 French citizens, six Filipinos, a Cameroonian and a Ukrainian - were seized a week earlier.No passengers were aboard the Ponant at the time of the abduction. A senior legal source said Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed had given his consent for the suspects to be taken out of the country. ...
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