France Jails Five Somali Pirates

(RTTNews) - A court in Paris on Wednesday handed down four to eight years' prison-terms to five Somali men after finding them guilty of hijacking a yacht in the Gulf of Aden three years ago and holding its owners, a French couple, hostage for ransom.The court, however, acquitted one Somali. All the six defendants, aged 21 to 36 years, were accused of hijacking the yacht, kidnapping its owners for ransom and armed robbery. Their trial marked the first prosecution of suspected Somali pirates in

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