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With an assault rifle pointed at her head, this was the dramatic momentthe British woman kidnapped by Somali pirates pleaded for her life lastnight.

Surrounded by their captors, Rachel Chandler warned that she and her husband Paul could be killed within days.

She said the kidnappers were ‘losing patience’ and urged the British Government to open talks on a ransom.

Mrs Chandler said: ‘We are feeling very much under threat now. These people won’t hesitate to take our lives.’

Wearing a white robe and appearing frail, she went on: ‘Our captors aregetting very impatient that no one has been in touch or entered intonegotiations.

‘So we ask the Government and people of Britain and their families todo whatever they can to enter into negotiations to buy back our lives.We are under threat and we are told that we will not be fed and givenwater. So we are very concerned about the future.’

The 55-year-old added: 'We are also told that there is a terrorist cell, or a fanatic cell, searching for us.’

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