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Article: France to organize return of hijacked ship's crew
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 11, 2008
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France to organize return of hijacked ship's crew
PARIS, April 11 (Xinhua) -- France will organize the return of
the crew of Le Ponant, a luxury sailboat that has just been released
after being held hostage off the coast of Somalia, "as soon as
possible," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday.
"We will organize their return to France as soon as possible,"
said the minister in a statement shortly after the French
presidential palace announced the release of the ship.
The 30 crew members, including 22 French nationals, who had been
taken hostage for the last one week, were released "without
incident," President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a statement without
specifying the ...