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INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 28, 2008) Somali pirates in small boats were able to hijack the MV Faina, a Belize-flagged cargo ship owned and operated by 'Kaalbye Shipping Ukraine."
Africa   Photos   Saudia   Somalia   US   		 TVNZ 
Pirates hijack oil supertanker
Nov 18, 2008 5:07 AM | Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a shipping zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily,... (photo: US Navy)
President George W. Bush makes remarks at the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008.
Development   Economy   Photos   Politics   Washington   		 Asia Times 
Blind leading the one-eyed
| By Chan Akya | My worst fears about the weekend gathering in Washington of world leaders to discuss the financial crisis were realized overnight when the statement after their meeting was released. ... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
England´s cricket team head coach Duncan Fletcher (rks2)  Independent online 
Fletcher to assist Proteas

| Former England coach Duncan Fletcher is to join the Proteas on a consultancy basis as the South African cricket team intensifies its build-up to the approaching Test series against Bangladesh and Au... (photo: AP)
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A Container tanker ship on the Atlantic Ocean on the West coast of Sierra Leone.  Chicago Sun-Times 
Pirates seize supertanker loaded with crude
| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates---- Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker off the Kenyan coast, seizing the Saudi-owned ship loaded with crude and its 25-member crew, the U.S. Navy said Monday. | Lt. Na... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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U.S. Navy, the pirated merchant ship MV Faina is seen from a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser in the Indian Ocean. Canada Dot Com
Pirates hijack oil supertanker off east Africa

| DUBAI - Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a shipping zone where Somali pirates str... (photo: AP / Navy Visual News Service, Petty Officer Jason Zalasky)
Africa   News   Oil   Photos   Pirates  
Senior Nurse Gaowkale assesses a patient with Tuberculosis (TB)., jsa1 CNN
Tuberculosis: A new pandemic?

By Patrice Poltzer | For CNN | LONDON, England -- Many people think of tuberculosis as being a disease from the past. The truth is far from it: Tuberculosis is mutating i... (photo: public domain / Nata Village)
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Tottenham Hotspur player Darren Bent Sporting Life
Bent: The Pressure Is Off
| Recalled striker Darren Bent believes England's superb start to their World Cup qualifying campaign means the pressure is off the team ahead of Wednesday's friendly aga... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
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The guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) (left) patrols the waters surrounding the Al Basrah oil terminal as two Iraqi tug boats guide a super oil tanker into place on Oct. 28, 2004. International Herald Tribune
Somali pirates hijack Saudi oil tanker, U.S. Navy says

| : Somali pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned oil tanker off the Kenyan coast, the U.S. Navy said Monday. | The hijacking was the latest in a surge in Somali pirate... (photo: US Navy / PO1 David C. Lloyd)
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A station attendant changes the gas price sign at a Union 76 gas station in Menlo Park, Calif., Wedn The Examiner
Gas prices across Ga. dip below $2 dollar mark
Comments ATLANTA (Map, News) - Gasoline prices across Georgia have fallen below the $2 a gallon mark. | AAA said prices at the pumps have tumbled more than a dollar in th... (photo: AP Photo)
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