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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Filipinos freed by Somali pirates return home AFP - 2 hours 19 minutes ago MANILA (AFP) - - Twenty-free Philippine sailors abducted more than five months ago by Somali pirates returned home Saturday for an emotional reunion with their families. ADVERTISEMENT Looking haggard but relieved, and led by their captain Abelardo Pacheco, the crew of the Philippine-flagged MT Stolt Strength was reunited with their families at Manila's international aiport. The vessel and its crew were released on April 21, ending a 162-day ordeal during which Pacheco said they survived on prayer and constantly feared for their lives. "Daily life was always a combination of fear and helplessness, hopelessness. It was the most negative feeling one could experience," said a teary-eyed Pacheco, 62, a veteran of the seas with 41 years' sailing experience. He said "there were many attempts" made against the crew's lives as representatives of their vessel's owner, Sagana Shipping, negotiated a ransom. The amount eventually paid was not disclosed. He said the pirates had threatened to shoot them if they tried to escape, and that there were times he had to put himself between his crew and the gunmen. For second mate Roel de Guzman, the ordeal was a lesson in faith. He said he feared he would never again see his wife, Vilma, and their four children, aged eight to 16. "But we prayed hard and we were not forgotten," De Guzman told AFP, as he tightly held his wife, who had waited for hours in the airport lobby. Vilma de Guzman said that, while her family relied solely on her husband's salary for their income, she would not allow him to work again on a ship that may pass through Somali waters. "I don't want to go through that uncertainty again," she said. The release of the Stolt Strength, one of the ships longest-held by Somali pirates, has raised hopes for dozens of kidnapped Philippine sailors. "We still have about 88 Filipino seamen aboard seven ships who are still being held hostage in Somalia," Foreign Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said. Conejos added that securing the Stolt Strength's release had been the "most difficult" negotiation with the pirates so far encountered by the Philippines. The Philippines is the world's biggest supplier of sailors, with over 350,000 sailors manning oil tankers, luxury liners and passenger vessels worldwide. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific Indonesia's anti-corruption czar a murder suspectAFP - 1 hour 40 minutes ago Australia to boost military might: governmentAFP - 1 hour 45 minutes ago One year on, Myanmar endures cyclone's ravagesAFP - 2 hours 7 minutes ago Obama reaches out to Pakistan's Sharif: reportAFP - 2 hours 25 minutes ago Hong Kong at 'critical moment' in swine fluAFP - 2 hours 37 minutes ago Enlarge Photo Filipinos freed by Somali pirates return home Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Kenyan women to sex-starve men -- for politics Chrysler begins court bid for quick bankruptcy exit Swine flu spreads economic shivers ExxonMobil profit plunges 58 percent Britney's ex-manager forced to stay away from star View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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