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April 7, 2008 · about 18 years ago

Somali Yacht pirates make demands

The French Government says it has made contact with Somali pirates who seized a luxury French megayacht Le Ponant and its 32 crew on Friday. The 88 metre 850-tonne three-masted megayacht was sailing to Malta in the Mediterranean from the Seychelles when it was seized with its crew of 22 French natio

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The French Government says it has made contact with Somali pirates who seized a luxury French megayacht Le Ponant and its 32 crew on Friday.

The 88 metre 850-tonne three-masted megayacht was sailing to Malta in the Mediterranean from the Seychelles when it was seized with its crew of 22 French nationals and 10 Korean and Ukrainians.

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