google.com - 12/2/2008
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4 hours ago NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday. The liner, carrying 656 international ...
openleft.com - 12/3/2008
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openleft.com —
This just off the Bloomberg News wire :
Representative Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat who once declared
U.S. trade policy was "broken completely," has been offered the job of President- elect Barack Obama's top trade official, two Democrats ...
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NAFTA Critic Selected for U.S. Trade Representative
news.yahoo.com - 12/2/2008
lawhawk.blogspot.com - 12/2/2008
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lawhawk.blogspot.com —
The pirates continue to act as though they
own the seas. They continue to attack shipping, including
a US cruise ship, the M/S Nautica, which was sailing on a 32-day cruise with destinations in Asia, Africa and Europe.The liner, carrying 656 ...
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Pirates Continue Attacks On Shipping Off Somalia
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Pirates Shoot At U.S. Cruise Ship In Failed Hijack Attempt
The Moderate Voice —
... It’s time to add terrorism on the seas to the long list of perils the United States faces as it careens into the 21st century — this time the ages-old plague of pirates at sea taking on a new twist: there has been an attempt to hijack an American cruise ship and shots were fired: ...
Pirates attack US cruise ship, can’t outrun it
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... According to the AP, pirates attempted to hijack an American cruise liner in the Gulf of Aden earlier today. The ship outran the pirates in their skiffs after the pirates opened fire on the passenger vessel: Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday. The liner, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday when it encountered six bandits in two ...
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