NATO joined international forces to protect vessels off Somalia's coast, sending military ships to the waters where pirates are negotiating the release of a tanker.
The pirates softened their ransom demands for the Ukrainian ship hijacked two weeks ago in a brazen high-seas attack. Pirates have seized more than two dozen ships off Somalia's coast this year but the MV Faina has drawn the most international concern because of its dangerous cargo — 33 tanks and other heavy weapons. NATO said a NATO naval group based in the Mediterranean Sea would sail to the Horn of Africa and stay until at least December.
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