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Young pirate to be freed

A Spanish court said yesterday it would free one of two suspected Somali pirates captured after the hijacking of a Spanish fishing boat because he appeared to be under 18 years old. The immediate future of the suspect will now be in the hands of Spain's juvenile justice system, which could send him to a juvenile correction center.

The pirates still in control of the boat, whose home port is in the Basque Country in northern Spain, have said they will not negotiate the crew's release until their two comrades are freed.