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Somali pirates hijack Kenyan sailors

MOMBASA, KENYA: Two Kenyan nationals are being held hostage after Somali pirates seized a merchant ship they were sailing on Saturday.

Although most of the sailors and crew are Zanzibari and Chinese, the captain is Kenyan. There is also a Kenyan engineer on board.

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