WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Piracy Suspect Appears in Court
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New York City - September 17, 2009
The Somali teen accused of leading a pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama appeared in court in New York Thursday.
Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse has denied piracy charges. Prosecutors say he led a band of pirates that boarded the ship off the Somali coast and held Captain Richard Phillips of Underhill hostage. Muse could face up to life in prison.
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