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Emotional relatives hug with a released Pakistani crew member (left) of a Malaysia-owned ship seized by the Somali pirates, upon his arrival in Karachi on August 2, 2012. Pakistani families and government officials late Thursday evening emotionally received seven Pakistani crew held hostage for 20 months by Somali pirates who released them after payment of US$1.1 million ransom. Pakistani crew along with 14 other South Asians and an Iranian of a Malaysia-registered ship had been held hostage by the pirates in Gulf of Eden in November 2010. -- AFP PHOTO
Emotional relatives hug with a released Pakistani crew member (left) of a Malaysia-owned ship seized by the Somali pirates, upon his arrival in Karachi on August 2, 2012. Pakistani families and government officials late Thursday evening emotionally received seven Pakistani crew held hostage for 20 months by Somali pirates who released them after payment of US$1.1 million ransom. Pakistani crew along with 14 other South Asians and an Iranian of a Malaysia-registered ship had been held hostage by the pirates in Gulf of Eden in November 2010. -- AFP PHOTO
