Two Somali pirates were sentenced to 30 years in prison after holding an American journalist hostage for nearly three years.
The Eastern District of New York sentenced Abdi Yusuf Hassan, 56, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, to be convicted of hostage-taking, terrorism, and firearms offenses earlier this year.
Michael Scott Moore, a freelance journalist, was abducted on January 21, 2012, while he was researching Piracy in Somalia.
Armed men surrounded his...