cnn.com - 1/10/2009
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The Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star was seized by pirates on November 15.
news.yahoo.com - 1/10/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
MOGADISHU, Somalia Five of the pirates who hijacked
a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a
$3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship. The ...
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5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share - Yahoo! News
johannhari.com - 1/12/2009
english.aljazeera.net - 1/10/2009
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english.aljazeera.net —
Six members of a group of Somali pirates
who hijacked and later released a Saudi-owned oil tanker
are reported to have drowned along with their share of a $3m ransom. The pirates were among eight men whose boat overturned off the coast of Kenya in ...
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Fail: Pirates Drown After Getting $3 Million Ransom
Pirate's Cove —
... Pirates holding a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Somalia have set the vessel free after receiving a ransom payment, a piracy monitor in neighboring Kenya and the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet said Saturday. ...
Fail: Pirates Drown After Getting $3 Million Ransom
Stop The ACLU —
Instant karma, baby! Pirates holding a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Somalia have set the vessel free after receiving a ransom payment, a piracy monitor in neighboring Kenya and the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet said Saturday.“The supertanker VLCC (very large crude carrier. It is a massive supertanker) Sirius Star is currently under way to safe waters,” Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya Seafarers Association said in an e-mail. (snip) The pirates had been expected to release the supertanker after receiving the ransom payment Friday, but four pirates drowned after their skiff ...
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google.com 1/10/2009 — A parachute dropped by a small aircraft drops over the MV Sirius Star at anchor, in this U.S. Navy photo, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, following an apparent payment via a parachuted container to pirates holding the ship. Somali pirates released the oil-laden ...
5 Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom
foxnews.com 1/10/2009 — A pirate and a port town resident say five Somali pirates who released a Saudi supertanker have drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized.
Somali Pirates Receive Ransom, Hilarity Ensues
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/10/2009 — They have some photos of the airdrop here, but what went down afterward sounds like comedy gold. God, I wish this was on film.This is the dramatic moment a ransom of $3million was paid to Somali pirates to end the world's biggest ship hijacking.
The ...
Five Somali Pirates Feeding Sharks Part Of 3 Million Ransom
mypetjawa.mu.nu 1/10/2009 — Most expensive shark food evah. MOGADISHU, Somalia Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and port town...
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Iranian navy joins fight against Somali pirates
edition.cnn.com 12/21/2008 — TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A group of Iranian warships steamed into the Gulf of Aden, joining an expanding list of navies sent to protect shipping routes from Somali pirates, state-run media reported Saturday. The report from Fars News Agency comes just ...
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