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Denmark hands suspected Somali pirates to Kenya for trialMombasa, Kenya (AFP) Feb 18, 2012 Kenya accepted Saturday to try four suspected pirates from neighbouring war-torn Somalia captured by a Danish warship in the Indian Ocean, officials said. The four Somalis, who were taken aboard the Danish naval vessel patrolling the pirate-infested waters off the coast of the anarchic Horn of African nation on January 7, arrived by airplane in Kenya's port city Mombasa. "We are happy the Kenyan government has agreed to try the suspected pirates on their soil," Danish foreign ministry official T ... read more |
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