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Friday, 5 March 2010 |
 Somalia: UK couple to be released
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Nairobi - A retired British couple snatched last year from their sailboat by pirates could be released within weeks as Somali communities inside and outside the east African country work for their freedom, a Somali official said on Friday. Paul and Rachel Chandler were forced by pirates off their 38-foot yacht, the Lynn Rival, and onto an open skiff in October as they headed to Tanzania. Soon after, their pirate captors demanded $7m to release the Chandlers. Britain's government refuses to pay ransoms to kidnappers. Mohamed Omar Dalha, the deputy speaker of Somalia's parliament, said Somali communities inside and outside the chaos-wracked country have been working to negotiate the "unconditional release" of the Chandlers. Dalha said on Friday that he was hopeful they would be released within two weeks. "We are hopeful that the British couple will be released as soon as possible without condition," he said. It is extremely unusual for pirates to release hostages without being paid ransom money - or what pirates sometimes label their "expenses" for costs incurred while holding hostages. Nevertheless, Dalha said he was discouraging that any ransom be paid, to discourage future hostage-taking. The Chandlers are among about 130 sailors held hostage in Somalia, which has not had a stable government since warlords overthrew longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. |
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published on Friday, 5 March 2010 |
| Source: SAPA | |
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