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Somali pirates capture Turkish cargo ship -agency
16 Dec 2008 18:21:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship belonging to an Istanbul-based shipping company, state-run news agency Anatolian reported a U.S. naval official as saying on Tuesday.

No further information was immediately available.


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Residents participate in a demonstration against the naming of former interior minister Mohamed Mohamud Guled as Somalia's new prime minister in the outskirts of Mogadishu, December 16, 2008. Somali President Abdullahi ...



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