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Spain Speeds to Save Pirate Hostages

Fishing boat is latest target of Somali brigands

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 21, 2008 9:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Spanish naval frigate is steaming to the waters off Somalia to rescue crew members of a tuna boat seized by pirates, reports the BBC. The boat was grabbed just days after French commandos freed hostages from a luxury yacht comandeered by Somali pirates. The tuna boat's 26 crew members are "well," the captain said by radio, but the pirates are demanding a ransom.

French commando boats arrive at a French cruise ship seized by pirates. (AP Photo/French Defense Ministry, HO)

French rescuers converge last week on luxury yacht seized by pirates. (AP Photo/French Defense Ministry, HO)

This photo released by the U.S. Navy shows merchant vessel Al Marjan after it was released from pirates off the Somali coast on Sunday Dec. 2, 2007 . Al Marjan was hijacked on Oct. 17. Somalia has struggled... (AP Photo/ U.S. Navy, Michael Junge)

Chart shows statistics on pirate attacks; 1c x 4 inches; 46.5 mm x 101.6 mm (AP Photo)

Graphic shows pirate attacks in high-risk countries since 2003; 1c x 3 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 88.9 mm (AP Photo)

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