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AP News AP News 07 Oct 2008
Somali pirate on hijacked ship says ransom reduced to US$8 million
9:01AM GMT
In this image released by U.S. Navy, the crew of the Ukrainian MV Faina stand on the deck following a U.S. Navy request to check on their health and welfare, off Somalia's coast Sunday Oct. 5, 2008. The ship is carrying 33 battle tanks, military weapons and 21 Ukrainian and Latvian and Russian hostages. One Russian has reportedly died, apparently of illness, during the 11-day standoff. The pirates are demanding US$20 million ransom, and say they will not lower the price. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jason R. Zalasky, HO) A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks reduced the ransom Tuesday to US$8 million (euro5.87 million), but it was unclear if he was speaking officially for the pirates holding the Ukrainian vessel. A man who identified himself as Jama Aden and spoke by satellite phone Tuesday is not the usual spokesman for the pirates. He answered the telephone of the spokesman, Sugule Ali, and said Ali was not immediately available. "There are high hopes we will release the ship within hours if they pay us US$8 million," Aden told The Associated...more

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