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Pirates say $9 million ransom paid for Singapore ship

AFP
PARIS — Somali pirates said on Saturday they had received a nine million dollar ransom in a helicopter air drop for the release of a Singapore-flagged cargo ship with 19 Chinese crew. Full story

Related:
China says ship, crew hijacked off Somalia in June rescued - AFP
Somali pirates receive record ransom for ships' release - BBC News
Record' ransom paid to Somali pirates - Radio New Zealand
$12.3 Million more to Somali pirates - The Voice of Russia
Somali pirates get hefty ransom - Aljazeera.net
Somali pirates free two ships - UPI.com
Somali pirates release hijacked SKorean tanker, crew; huge ransom reportedly paid - The Canadian Press
Pirates receive $9M ransom - Edmonton Journal
Somali pirates receive £7.6million to release two ships - Mirror.co.uk
Posted by sna at Saturday, November 06, 2010
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