google.com - 1/10/2009
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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 Saudi supertanker after receiving a $3 ...
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
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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Somali pirates drown with ransom
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Fail: Pirates Drown After Getting $3 Million Ransom
Pirate's Cove —
... , which is contact with the pirates leader, says 6 drowned. The AP and many other sources say 5. And none of them have a good picture of the pirates boat to caption with “fail!” What’s up with that? They can stage tons of photos to make the US and Israeli militaries look bad, but can’t get one shot of the pirate’s boat? The media gets a fail tag, too. ...
Fail: Pirates Drown After Getting $3 Million Ransom
Stop The ACLU —
... , which is contact with the pirates leader, says 6 drowned. The AP and many other sources say 5. And none of them have a good picture of the pirates boat to caption with “fail!” What’s up with that? They can stage tons of photos to make the US and Israeli militaries look bad, but can’t get one shot of the pirate’s boat? The media gets a fail tag, too.
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