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3 million dollars ransom drops in for Somali pirates

Robin Pagnamenta and Steve Bird 15.01.2009

A parachute dropped from a small aircraft delivers a $3 million ransom to pirates who hijacked the Sirius Star in November. Two Britons were among the crews who have now been released.

The seizure by Somali pirates of the largest ship ever hijacked was dramatically ended yesterday when a ransom of $3 million (£2 million) was dropped by parachute from a lowfying aircraft on to its deck.

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