Oct 31st, 2009 - Reuters
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* British couple moved further inland
* Pirates in dispute over Britons (Recasts with couple moved inland, quotes)
MOGADISHU, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Saturday that a British couple captured in the Indian Ocean more than a week ago had been moved deeper into central Somalia after a row between rival pirate gangs.
Gunmen seized Paul and Rachel Chandler, both in their 50s, last Friday soon after they left the Seychelles archipelago aboard their 38-foot yacht and took them to the Somali coast.
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