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Pirate Update

"Do whatever you can". That's the plea from a Kent couple who've appeared on camera for the first time since they were kidnapped by pirates a month ago. Their captors want four million pounds in exchange for the safe return of Paul and Rachel Chandler from Tunbridge Wells. They claim if they don't receive the ransom the couple will be killed within a week.

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