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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

French Fight Back!

POSTED BY CW Editor AT 05:53 PM GMT

French commandos have rescued two French sailors who had been held hostage by Somali pirates since September 2, says CW contributor Jimmy Cornell, who came across this story on the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7618142.stm

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