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		<title>Somalia Report: Iranian Warship Thwarts Pirate Hijacking of Oil Tanker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By JD, Somalia Report The Iranian Navy rescued an oil tanker from an attempted pirate hijacking in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, according to Somali pirates based in Harardhere. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/somalia-report-iranian-warship/?39380</link>
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		<title>Shippers Cautious On Piracy&#8217;s Emerging Market &#8211; West Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Dow Jones)&#8211;Shippers are on the alert as instability in Nigeria threatens to worsen an already serious problem with piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a key trade route for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/shippers-cautious-piracys-emerging/?39188</link>
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		<title>Royal Navy Hands Over Suspected Pirates to Face Prosecution in Seychelles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of pirates caught by a Royal Navy operation in the Indian Ocean will face justice in the Seychelles. RFA Fort Victoria – part of NATO’s counter piracy task [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/royal-navy-hands-suspected-pirates/?38860</link>
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		<title>UK Foreign Affairs: Analysis of Pirate &#8220;Catch and Release&#8221; off the Coast of Somalia [REPORT]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last four years, piracy off the coast of Somalia has become an international phenomenon, plaguing shipping in the Indian Ocean and resisting attempts by the international community to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/foreign-affairs-analysis-pirate/?38345</link>
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		<title>Pirate Tactics Turn Gruesome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[- By JD, Somalia Report Pirates Cut Hand off Hostage to Force $3M Ransom Somali pirates holding the crew of the hijacked Taiwanese flagged FV Shiuh Fu No 1 shifted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/pirate-tactics-turn-gruesome/?38294</link>
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		<title>Somali Pirates Release 15 Indian Hostages Ending Dramatic Three Day Scene</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A rather dramatic scene unfolded over the past three days in the Indian Ocean involving a EUNAVFOR warship, a group of pirates, 15 hostages, and an attack on a Dutch-registered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/somali-pirates-release-15-indian-hostages-ending-dramatic-three-day-scene/?37974</link>
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		<title>Pirate Attacks Drop for First Time in Five Years but East and West Africa Threat Remains High [REPORT]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a press statement from piracy watchdog, IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, regarding their 2011 Global Piracy Report released today. Pirate attacks against vessels in East and West Africa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-drop-for-first-time-in-five-years-but-east-and-west-africa-threat-remains-high-report/?37926</link>
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		<title>Hijacked MT Enrico Levoli Conducting Mothership Operations in Gulf of Aden [ADVISORY]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence has issued an advisory that the hijacked MT Enrico Ievoli is underway off the coast of Somalia and possibly heading for the Gulf of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/hijacked-mt-enrico-levoli-conducting-mothership-operations-in-gulf-of-aden-advisory/?37892</link>
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		<title>Looking for a Life-Altering Experience?  Try Backpacking Through Somalia and Hanging Out with Pirates [VIDEO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all been there.  That lucid moment when all of a sudden you look around and realize, &#8220;I am wasting my life right now and it&#8217;s time for a change.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gcaptain.com/looking-for-a-life-altering-experience-try-backpacking-through-somalia-and-hanging-out-with-pirates-video/?37814</link>
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		<title>Royal Navy and US Naval Forces Take Down Pirate Dhow, 13 Captured [VIDEO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen Somali pirates were captured on a dhow in the Indian Ocean on Friday by a combination of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel. [ROYAL NAVY] The [...]]]></description>
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