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Odd News // 1 decade ago

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

UPI Almanac for Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.

World News // 1 decade ago

Man freed by Pirates told his father died

British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, held by Somali pirates for more than a year, were told after their release that his father had died, officials said.

World News // 1 decade ago

Pirates free kidnapped British couple

Somali maritime pirates who held a British couple for 388 days released them Sunday after a ransom was paid, Somali government officials said.

World News // 1 decade ago

Britons support anti-piracy stance

A majority of the British public supports the government's refusal to negotiate with Somali pirates for release of a couple held since October, a survey says.

World News // 1 decade ago

Pirates set deadline for British captives

Somali pirates have set a deadline for ransoming a British couple, threatening to kill Paul and Rachel Chandler if their demands are not met within two months.

World News // 1 decade ago

British couple remain in hands of pirates

A British couple whose yacht was seized by Somali pirates two months ago will probably be spending Christmas in captivity, their captors say.

World News // 1 decade ago

Royal Navy watched pirates abduct couple

A Royal Navy ship withheld fire as it watched Somali pirates kidnap a British couple on the high seas, British authorities said Friday.

World News // 1 decade ago

Kidnapped Brits taken to pirate haven

The pirates who kidnapped a British couple off Somalia last month say they have moved them further inland for better protection from Islamist militants.

World News // 1 decade ago

Britain won't pay ransom for yacht couple

The British government says it won't pay a $7 million ransom demanded by the Somali hijackers of a couple's yacht.

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Our captors are very impatient now that nobody has been in touch to enter into negotiations. So we ask the government and the people of Britain and our family, to do whatever they can to enter into negotiations with these people to buy back our lives
Kidnappers demand $7M for yacht couple Nov 21, 2009