American ship captain Richard Phillips boarded a plane in Kenya earlyFriday and headed home after surviving his five-day ordeal in alifeboat with pirates off the coast of Somalia.
His Vermont hometown planned a hero's welcome.
InSomalia, Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said his governmenthas information about the pirates and could go after them with helpfrom the international community.
Mr. Sharmarke told theAssociated Press he would have a proposal on fighting pirates readynext week for an international conference focused on Somalia.
ButSomalia's government only controls a small territory around the capital, Mogadishu, with the help of international peacekeepers, and donorcountries have been wary to fund them.
OnThursday, U.S. officials told U.S. news organizations (CBS and AP) thecaptured Somali pirate who held Phillips hostage would be tried in theUnited States. France also said it plans to turn 11 captured piratesover to Kenyan authorities.
Nearly a dozen countries arerunning naval patrols off Somalia to combat pirates who have hijackedsome 60 ships since the start of 2008.
Japan says it is sending two planes and 150 personnel to aid two ships currently escorting Japanese commercial vessels.
The United Nations says pirates are currently holding 17 hijacked vessels and about 300 hostages.
Insome past cases, ship owners have paid pirates more than $1 million for the release of ships and crews. U.S. Secretary of StateHillary Clinton said Wednesday the U.S. should track this money, as itdoes with terrorists and drug traffickers.