Luxury yacht seized by pirates
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Pirates seized a French luxury yacht with 30 crew members off the coast of Somalia, the French government and the ship’s owner said.
Attackers stormed the 288-foot Le Ponant as it returned without passengers from the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean, toward the Mediterranean Sea, said officials with the French maritime transport company CMA-CGM.
A French warship and a Canadian military helicopter were dispatched to track the yacht.
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