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Somali president working for release of Britons held by pirates
Mar 9, 2010, 15:00 GMT
London - Progress is being made in efforts to secure the release of a British yachting couple captured by Somali pirates last October, Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said in London Monday.
Paul and Rachel Chandler, who were seized sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania, have been temporarily reunited after a long period of being held separately, a doctor who had access to them said Monday.
The Somali president, who is in London for a conference, but who discussed the Chandler case with Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday, said Brown had urged him to 'redouble efforts' to gain their release.
'Our efforts are geared towards winning their release at the earliest possible date but discussing this in the media is not going to help the case,' said the Somali president Tuesday.
He regretted the situation the Chandlers were in but said, when asked about their health: 'We understand there is no danger. They are not in danger.'
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