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Somalian pirates surrender to HMS Cumberland's Royal Marines boarding team in the Gulf of Aden, February 2009. Moore had been in Somalia researching for a book on pirates when he was kidnapped in 2012. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Michael Scott Moore Freed After Kidnapping

Held in Somalia for two years

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(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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After nearly three years in captivity in Somalia, German-America journalist Michael Scott Moore has been released,

Moore, who wrote was researching a new book on piracy when he was kidnapped in January of 2012. that Moore was released after a ransom was paid. Officials say Moore is in good shape, all things considered, and has been taken to Nairobi, the Kenya’s capital, for medical evaluation.

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