Adour: 'criminals abandoned the camp'

11:38 19 Jun

TWO HOSTAGES from the French product tanker Adour are safe today, after being freed in a military raid.

A French armed forces spokesman said last night in Paris that two French officers, kidnapped by pirates on 17 June after the ... Full Story >>

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