The US navy has rescued an American captain held hostage by pirates in a lifeboat adrift off the coast of Somalia, ending a tense five-day standoff by shooting dead three of his four captors.

The US navy has rescued an American captain held hostage by pirates in a lifeboat adrift off the coast of Somalia, ending a tense five-day standoff by shooting dead three of his four captors.
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