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FBI opens talks with pirate hijackers

FBI hostage negotiators have been called to help end the stand-off with Somali pirates holding a US ship captain hostage on the high seas.

FBI opens talks with pirate hijackers

Thu, 09 Apr, 2009 - 15:17

FBI hostage negotiators have been called to help end the stand-off with Somali pirates holding a US ship captain hostage on the high seas.

The pirates and their captive are in a drifting lifeboat off Somalia, with a US warship watching nearby.

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Courts Somali pirates Place: Somalia Place: Horn of Africa Place: Alabama Place: Kenya Place: Mogadishu Place: Gulf of Aden Place: Somali Person: Capt. Richard Phillips Organisation: FBI Organisation: US Navy

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