“We are not intending to harm the captain, so that we hope our colleagues would not be harmed

“We are not intending to harm the captain, so that we hope our colleagues would not be harmed as long as they hold him. All we need, first, is a safe route to escape with the captain, and then (negotiate) ransom later.”

Badow

A pirate, as a dramatic Indian Ocean standoff continued with Somali bandits holding a U.S. sea captain hostage aboard a drifting lifeboat.

“One manufacturing plant is gone. It took a direct hit. It’s no longer there.”

James Reeves

Polk County emergency coordinator, after a tornado struck a small Arkansas town, killing three people, injuring at least 24 and flattened homes and businesses.

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