Paul Chandler on board the Lynn Rival in an undated photograph.　　今晚索马里海盗索求7百万美元（420万英镑）才能安全释放一个星期前被劫持的一对英国夫妇。
　　Somali pirates tonight demanded a ransom payment of $7m (£4.2m) for the safe return of a British couple who they kidnapped a week ago.
　　在BBC翻译的一段电话中，海盗之一说：“如果他们不伤害我们，我们就不伤害他们——我们只想要很少的700万美元。”
　　In a phone call translated by the BBC, one of the pirates said: "If they do not harm us, we will not harm them – we only need a little amount of seven million dollars."
　　今晚一位外交部发言人说：“劫持人质没天理。瑞秋和保尔都是无辜的旅游者。你们必须马上无条件释放他们。”
　　A Foreign Office spokesman said tonight: "Hostage taking is never justified. Paul and Rachel are blameless tourists. They should be released immediately ....