NAIROBI, Sept 3, SPA -- Somalia pirates have seized aFrench vessel that may be carrying tourists off the coast ofEast Africa, REUTERS quoted a maritime official as saying on Wednesday. "We don't have details but it seems there are some touristson board," Andrew Mwangura, head of the East Africa Seafarers'Assistance Programme, told Reuters. "It is from France but wedon't know whether it is a yacht or cruise ship." --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/587153