France in contact with Somali pirates holding 30 hostages
Sana'a, April 7 France has made contact with Somali pirates holding 30 mostly French crewmembers hostage off the coast of Somalia, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a radio interview.
A French warship has captured 19 Somali pirates after it came to the rescue of two cargo ships threatened in the Gulf of Aden, the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy said.