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Eugene

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 08:30 AM Jun 2012

South Africa couple freed from Somali pirates

Source: BBC

21 June 2012 Last updated at 11:02 GMT

South Africa couple freed from Somali pirates

Two South Africans held hostage by Somali pirates for 20 months have been freed.

Somalia's defence minister said the Somali army and security forces started the rescue of Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari on Wednesday night.

Ms Calitz and Mr Pelizzari were kidnapped while they were sailing in the Indian Ocean off east Africa in October 2010.

Defence Minister Hussein Arab Isse did not say whether a ransom had been paid.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18532305
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