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english.aljazeera.net - 1/10/2009

Somali pirates drown with ransom

— 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 ... (more) Somali pirates drown with ransom

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cnn.com - 1/10/2009

Somali pirates free tanker after ransom

— cnn.com — The Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star was seized by pirates on November 15.... (more) Somali pirates free tanker after ransom

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mypetjawa.mu.nu - 1/13/2009

Sirius Star Pirates Drowned Avoiding Other Pirates

— mypetjawa.mu.nu — Oh this story just keeps getting better. Apparently other pirates on shore were waiting for those coming... ashore and wanted a "tip"?Via CNN: NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- One of the pirates who held a Saudi oil supertanker off Somalia before... (more) Sirius Star Pirates Drowned Avoiding Other Pirates

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The Sideshow — ... Johann Hari says "You are being lied to about pirates: "In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since - and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country's food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas. Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange rashes, ...

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Suburban Guerrilla — ... Johann Hari says “You are being lied to about pirates: “In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since - and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country’s food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas. Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered ...

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Suburban Guerrilla — ... Johann Hari says “You are being lied to about pirates: “In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since - and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country’s food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas. Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered ...