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Somali Pirates | December

The number of ships hijacked by the Somali pirates increased greatly over the past year, with the result that the whole world went to war against the pirates.
 

Saudi-owned crude oil supertanker Sirius Star is seen during its naming ceremony in South Korea in this undated handout picture released on June 18, 2008 and obtained by Reuters on November 18, 2008. The supertanker, hijacked by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the largest ever such seizure, has reached the coast of north Somalia, a regional maritime group said on Tuesday.[Xinhua]

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