FBI investigates 4 U.S. hostages' deaths in Somali pirate hijacking
As FBI agents on Wednesday began investigating the deaths of four Americans whose yacht was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea, U.S. officials were mulling whether to bring captured suspects to America to face justice.
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