MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a Spanish fishing boat and its 26-member crew after a ransom of $1.2 million was paid, a Somali official said.
The Playa de Bakio was the latest vessel to be targeted by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
Suspected pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades had seized control of the tuna-fishing boat from Spain's Basque region last Sunday about 200 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, a region where piracy has escalated recently.
The pirates released the ship Saturday, authorities said.... more
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A little boy once told me he wanted to be a pirate, so I took him for a ride on the Begheera, a schooner that sails Casco Bay and the Gulf of Maine out of Portland harbor.
I've followed developments in piracy ever since.
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