Negotiators look to free captain held by pirates

Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a US destroyer with more warships on the way in a US show of force.

Negotiators look to free captain held by pirates
Fri, 10 Apr, 2009 - 08:05

Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a US destroyer with more warships on the way in a US show of force.

The US brought in FBI hostage negotiators yesterday to work with the military in trying to secure the release of Captain Richard Phillips.

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