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Somali forces free pirate hostages
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by SOLARLIFE | October 14, 2008 at 02:04 pm
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Somali forces on Tuesday freed the 11-man crew of a hijacked ship and captured the 10 pirates who seized the vessel last week, according to the foreign minister for Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia.
Puntland's coast guard and Rescue Commando Forces raided the Panama-flagged ship -- the Wail -- in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), Puntland Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Aware told CNN.
Ten pirates hijacked the ship, with its crew of two Somalis and nine Syrians, Thursday night, Aware said.
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at 14:55 on October 14th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:56 on October 14th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, thar be pirates, matey!
at 15:59 on October 14th, 2008
This is good news. Thanks.
at 07:07 on October 16th, 2008
Pirate hostages freed, thanks Barbara, theunderminer, moonwolf, amyjudd, Shakartal for Flag. Great to think of the families, how they feel better now.