var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('In this image released by the French Defense Ministry Saturday, April 12, 2008, Zodiac commando boats, at the back of the Le Ponant cruiser, and a French navy frigate "Le Commandant Bouan", center background, arrive at French cruise ship Le Ponant, off Somalia\'s coast, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Helicopter-borne French troops have swooped in on Somali pirates after they released 30 hostages from a yacht, seizing six of the pirates and recovering sacks of money, apparently ransom paid by the yacht\'s owners to win the captives\' release. The pirates had boarded the 88-meter (288-foot) French luxury yacht Ponant a week ago, capturing its crew, 22 of whom were French, off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden. Pirates seized more than two dozen boats off the Somali coast last year, mostly in hopes of securing ransoms. (AP Photo/French Defense Ministry, HO) \n','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080416/080416-piracy-hmed-225a.jpg','5:22 a.m. ET, 4/16/08','French Defense Ministry handout via AP','French Defense Ministry handout via AP',24153931));