France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) speaks during a news conference as French Prime minister Francois Fillon (L) and Army Chief of Staff Jean-Louis Georgelin listen at the Elysee Palace Paris, France, on September 16, 2008. French forces have freed two French tourists taken hostage by pirates off the Somali coast, killing one pirate and capturing six others, the French president's office said on Tuesday. The French couple were seized at the start of September by gunmen who had demanded a ransom of more than $1.4 million. The couple had been taking a sailing boat from Australia to France, where they planned to sell it. Photo by Jacques Witt/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM