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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/1182257.htmlenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/94vIe9mJdV4/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/94vIe9mJdV4/index.htmlA British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean last year said in a videotaped message they "desperately need" new British Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify whether he will work to secure their release.Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-f1d74b1c9139a0feafe9b1c13c1ef958cnnenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/somali%20pirates%20move%20hostage%20britons/3626622http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/somali%20pirates%20move%20hostage%20britons/3626622Somali pirates have moved a British couple they are holding hostage after Islamist insurgents approached their hideout. Paul and Rachel Chandler were bundled into a car and taken into a forest, soon after al-Shabab fighters approached the pirate lair of Haradhere, a town on the Somali coast.Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-159c275f598743da70f66de37c676ee4channel4newsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8557865.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8557865.stmSomali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says efforts are being made to release a UK couple held by pirates as soon as possible.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100bbc-3d7908d03284a8f0b46599baae78d40abbcenhttp://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2010-03-08-Pirates-let-yacht-couple-be-togetherhttp://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2010-03-08-Pirates-let-yacht-couple-be-togetherThe British yacht couple seized by Somali pirates have been temporarily reunited after weeks apart, a doctor who treated them said today. Paul and Rachel Chandler were suffering from severe anxiety brought on by their separation and captivity in war-ravaged Somalia, Dr. Abdi Mohamed Elmi Hangul said.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +010024dash-57e8407675692457d73f454813a5d14e24dashenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/vRq7rdtFN6w/la-fg-0306-somali-piracy-20100306,0,5976402.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/vRq7rdtFN6w/la-fg-0306-somali-piracy-20100306,0,5976402.storyMaritime officials say pirates have clashed with private security and military personnel in three separate incidents off the Somali coast in the latest indicator of rising pirate attacks.Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100latimes-4e2a4e260774a6422a4bdb2108ab0c60latimesenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8544566.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8544566.stmA UK couple kidnapped by Somali pirates speak of their loneliness and torment at being separated as their wedding anniversary approaches.Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100bbc-76a42d1ca33693463fcc2234db0d35acbbcenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8489958.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8489958.stmA British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have told the first journalist to see them in captivity they are in urgent need of help.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100bbc-ee4a9e0109dc38683beccbcca7074176bbcenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245084/British-couple-held-Somali-pirates-say-executed-days.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245084/British-couple-held-Somali-pirates-say-executed-days.html?ITO=1490On a crackling telephone line from Somalia - where the couple are being held to ransom by pirates - he said: 'They have lost patience. They have set a deadline of three or four days.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100dailymail-3656ed30cac190c73a0ca6713e34cd4cdailymailenhttp://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED21%20Jan%202010%2021%3A13%3A33%3A840http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED21%20Jan%202010%2021%3A13%3A33%3A840A BRITISH couple with Suffolk family who were kidnapped by pirates while sailing off the east coast of Africa fear they could be executed within days.Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100eadt-cc4f5d2016b00a94947543d723983789eadtenhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6964496.ecehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6964496.eceOn the first Thursday in December a young Danish-Somali man in women’s clothes blew himself up in a suicide attack in Mogadishu. Four days earlier, Somali pirates had hijacked a 300,000-tonne supertanker 800 miles out to sea. Somalia’s abject failure does not end at its own borders: the chaos is....Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100thetimes-1246c061df025997bbe21b71b60b0758thetimesenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/6801487/Kidnapped-British-yacht-couple-plead-for-Christmas-release.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/6801487/Kidnapped-British-yacht-couple-plead-for-Christmas-release.htmlPaul and Rachel Chandler, the British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates, have pleaded with the government to "get us out by Christmas, by whatever means".Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100telegraph-1fb9b5375df3638c8ff4fa7727361e2dtelegraphenhttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/06/lindhout-return-canada.html?ref=rsshttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/06/lindhout-return-canada.html?ref=rssCanadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, recovering in Kenya after spending 15 months as a hostage in Somalia, is expected to be back in Canada early this week, CBC News has learned.Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100CBC-cfc804d2e08c523ec52afa6dd94c4b9bCBCenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/94fabf9e-ddae-11de-9f8b-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94fabf9e-ddae-11de-9f8b-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/94fabf9e-ddae-11de-9f8b-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94fabf9e-ddae-11de-9f8b-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=By Robert Wright, Transport Correspondent Published: November 30 2009 13:28 | Last updated: November 30 2009 13:28 Somali pirates have succeeded for only the second time in seizing one of the world’s biggest oil tankers after a Greek-owned crude oil carrier was seized around 1,000 miles off the Somali coast.Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100ft-d643a1fe82007507b7bac148463ecebaftenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/S3d5bEn2PAw/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/S3d5bEn2PAw/index.htmlA British couple kidnapped from their yacht in October by pirates pleaded for their life in a video broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 Friday, warning that their captors were running out of patience and could kill them if no ransom is paid.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100cnn-55ee6aefb9236bdb1d31abc470e5b21acnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ldQ9z4lvb44/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ldQ9z4lvb44/index.htmlA U.S.-flagged ship that played a central role in a bloody hijacking drama last spring was attacked again Wednesday, a busy day for piracy in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100cnn-91464fa698b1d0505e5e6f224fcc4c7dcnnenhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/2009111712237133368.htmlhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/2009111712237133368.htmlChemical tanker carrying 28 North Korean crew members hijacked by Somali pirates.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100aljazeera-en-ca3af11265dbcee6b6ef6ba95af1d34ealjazeera-enenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8350223.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8350223.stmSuspected Islamist gunmen kidnap two Kenyans working for a printing firm in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100bbc-360f18e599024b82a9bc2c02031f93c4bbcenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/c0uVIPnuc3k/la-fg-somalia2-2009nov02,0,5758154.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/c0uVIPnuc3k/la-fg-somalia2-2009nov02,0,5758154.storyScores have been wounded in three days of fighting in central and southern Somalia, and police and soldiers clash in the north's autonomous Puntland region. At least 36 people have been killed and scores wounded in three days of fighting in towns across chaotic Somalia, a local human rights group said Sunday.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100latimes-19ebf888d4e1044fbe23c058edcb7d34latimesenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/t0UhhCZnkNs/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/t0UhhCZnkNs/index.htmlSomali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their yacht last week, a British agency said Friday.Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100cnn-1891adfb844650bbf61e02eb3c8009dfcnnenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1031/chandler.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1031/chandler.htmlSomali pirates have demanded a $7m ransom for a British couple captured on their yacht in the Indian Ocean.Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100RTERadio-bde2a2db2c905f60651953119215486bRTERadioenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8333371.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8333371.stmA ransom demand for a British couple being held by Somali pirates is to be made later, the BBC learns.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100bbc-b252f783f3887491324b918e946b03b0bbcenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/africa/hijacked+british+coupleaposs+yacht+aposfoundapos/3403152http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/africa/hijacked+british+coupleaposs+yacht+aposfoundapos/3403152Naval authorities confirm they have found the Lynn Rival, the yacht belonging to a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Indian ocean.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100channel4news-4a1209d45b1ae699c0da77bfa1069a70channel4newsenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1223243/Fears-British-yacht-couple-missing-pirate-infested-seas.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1223243/Fears-British-yacht-couple-missing-pirate-infested-seas.html?ITO=1490Paul and Rachel Chandler were heading for Tanzania from the Seychelles in their 38ft yacht, the Lynn Rival, when they sent a distress signal.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100dailymail-41c5fc883d85fa1e74c29e8587e5e6f3dailymailenhttp://da.feedsportal.com/c/32313/f/440158/s/6cdf7c6/l/0L0Stimesonline0O0Ctol0Cnews0Cworld0Ciraq0Carticle68929610Bece0Tcid0FOTC0ERSS0Gattr0F7970A93/ia1.htmhttp://da.feedsportal.com/c/32313/f/440158/s/6cdf7c6/l/0L0Stimesonline0O0Ctol0Cnews0Cworld0Ciraq0Carticle68929610Bece0Tcid0FOTC0ERSS0Gattr0F7970A93/ia1.htmIraq has expressed an interest in reviving its nuclear technology, bombed into oblivion by Israel in 1981 and the US ten years later. An Iraqi minister says Baghdad has contacted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), based in Vienna, to seek its approval to re-launch a peaceful nuclear programme.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100thetimes-5a4af182fc11daea02444b9b7268d77dthetimesenhttp://da.feedsportal.com/c/32313/f/440154/s/6cd74ab/l/0L0Stimesonline0O0Ctol0Cnews0Cworld0Cafrica0Carticle68927680Bece0Tcid0FOTC0ERSS0Gattr0F7970A84/ia1.htmhttp://da.feedsportal.com/c/32313/f/440154/s/6cd74ab/l/0L0Stimesonline0O0Ctol0Cnews0Cworld0Cafrica0Carticle68927680Bece0Tcid0FOTC0ERSS0Gattr0F7970A84/ia1.htmFriends and relatives of Paul and Rachel Chandler were waiting anxiously last night for news of the “sensible” and “cool-headed” Kent couple feared hijacked by Somali pirates.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100thetimes-dc282d83b179f8a18a357b6d40b7c6f3thetimesen