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...trawling in the Indian Ocean. A day later, the Spanish navy arrested two of the presumed pirates and deported them for trial in Madrid. That might have been a triumph for law and order, had the rest of the pirate gang not still been aboard the Alakrana, holding its crew captive...
...ships to be attacked in the Gulf of Aden through September of this year, the Alakrana and its three dozen crew have been held hostage off the coast of Somalia for the past six weeks. The pirates have demanded a ransom of $4 million, far more than the $1.2 million reportedly paid to release another Spanish trawler that was hijacked in April 2008. There have been reports - though no confirmation - from Echebaster, the firm that owns the Alakrana, that the company would be willing to pay the amount. But for the moment, their willingness is largely irrelevant...
...efforts, the crew is unlikely to be released anytime soon. "This kind of negotiation usually takes a month or two, and that's when it's only money involved," says Askins. "These guys will be very lucky if they're back before Christmas...
...what point did you realize that Elmo was going to turn into such a big deal? I came back in the next season, and the first bit I did the crew actually laughed. If you can get the crew to laugh on a show, you know that you're doing something. At the end of each season, the producers would get together with the writers and they'll poll what new characters worked that season. And when the research department went out with Elmo, they saw that not only were the kids being entertained by the character, but that they...
...victorious Crimson squad consisted of captain Liz Powers skippering the first boat, with senior Marie Appel taking care of the crewing duties. Jumper, who was the crew for the second boat, accompanied sophomore skipper Emily Lambert. The final Harvard pairing was junior skipper Colin Santangelo and freshman crew Sarah McCuskee...