Pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000

Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:38 AM EST (msnbc.com)

The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.

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