NAIROBI, Kenya - April 8, 2009 The AP called the ship's satellite phone. The man who answered
it said the 20-member crew had been taken hostage but managed to
seize one pirate and then successfully negotiate their own release.
He says the crew has retaken control of the ship and the pirates
are now in a lifeboat. But the man also says that they are holding
the ship's captain hostage in the vessel.
The man did not identify himself in the brief phone
conversation.
Government officials said details were murky and declined to
confirm the report.
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