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CNN: Video shows pirates pursued, captured (April 15, 2008)
BBC News: Somali 'Pirates' Taken to Paris (April 16, 2008)
Times Online: Pirates Seized in Raid After Hostages of Ponant Are Freed (April 11, 2008)
Spiegel Online: Somali Pirates Free French Yacht (April 11, 2008)
- "Pirates have released 30 hostages who had been held aboard a French yacht off the Somalian coast, French president Nicolas Sarkozy announced."
CBC News: Hostages Held by Pirates on Yacht Released (April 11, 2008)
The Associated Press: Hostages Held Off Somalia Freed (April 11, 2008)
Associated Press (Breitbart): Pirates Dock French Boat in Somali Port (April 6, 2008)
AFP: Pirates take French yacht crew hostage off Somalia (April 4, 2008)
International Herald Tribune: Pirates seize control of French cruise ship... (April 4, 2008)
Telegraph.co.uk: Man speaks of Somalian pirate hostage drama (April 4, 2008)
Los Angeles Times: U.S. Navy taking on pirates (March 28, 2008)
- U.S. sailors have stated their intention to intervene in incidents involving pirates only if the attacks turn violent or crew members are deprived of food and water. In October of 2007, the U.S. sank two pirate skiffs after hearing a distress call from a Japanese cargo ship.
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