Somalia: 'Pirates' Apologise As Paris Trial Heads to Verdict

Six Somali men accused of taking a French couple hostage on their yacht apologised to their victims on Wednesday as their unprecedented piracy trial wrapped up in Paris.

A verdict in the trial - the first time France has prosecuted alleged Somali pirates - was due later Wednesday.

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