Publication Date:
Sat, 2011-09-10 22:26
A Foreign Ministry official, speaking Saturday on customary condition of anonymity, pointed to a statement a day earlier by the Yemeni coast guard that the couple was found 120 nautical miles off the coast.
The statement did not say when the couple had been rescued or if they had been taken to Yemen.
The ministry said Friday that the boat turned up with no one on board, and it was not clear how many people had been on it originally.
Pirates regularly ply the waters of the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen, attacking ships, and tankers and taking their crews hostage for ransom.
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