No breakthrough imminent in effort to free abducted Danish crew

Copenhagen - A Danish shipping company Thursday expressed regret that a six-man crew abducted from one of its vessels was still held hostage a year later, adding that negotiations with the alleged Somali pirates so far had been 'fruitless.'
'Unfortunately, the negotiations have been fruitless up until now due to the pirates' unrealistic demand for ransom, which Shipcraft unfortunately is not in a position to meet,' Claus Bech, chief executive of the shipping company, said.

The crew

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