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do you know a cruise ship was hijacked
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by Pirates and the rescue and tracking
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down of the Pirates sounds like a
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thriller novel plotline on the 4th of
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April 2008 as La ponard cruise ship was
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sailing from the Seychelles through the
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Gulf of Ayan it was attacked and taken
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by Somali pirates there were no
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passengers at the time but all 30 crew
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members were taken hostage 22 French six
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Filipino one cameroonian and one
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Ukrainian French and Canadian Forces
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were actually in the area at the time
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with helicopters and navy ships
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monitoring the yacht but the hostages
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were only released eight days later
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because the shipping line paid a 1.7
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million euro Ransom but the French
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military did not let that rest they
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tracked the Pirates back to the home in
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Somalia captured them recovering some of
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the ransomani they brought the Pirates
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to trial in Paris where they were
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eventually convicted four of the six
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Pirates were sentenced to between four
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and ten years in jail
