...pirates ...Somalia after they freed the crew of a luxury yacht. An unknown number of people are said by witnesses to have been killed in the final installment to the drama after the pirates seized ...

abanerjee

...nister Bernard Kouchner claimed that Paris had "established contact" with the pirates who hijacked a French yacht off the Somali coast on Friday, specifying that negotiations could last "a long ...

French military helicopters reported to have opened fire on pirates in Somalia after they... 4/2008 Reuters

French commandoes have captured six pirates and recovered sacks of money from a hijacked yacht.

AFP

...Somalia ... seized half a dozen pirates. The Ponant yacht, a 32-cabin vessel, was hijacked on April 4 and has spent the past week anchored off Puntland, a breakaway northern region of Somalia. Raw ...