Gulf of Guinea Sees 2014’s First Piracy Act
Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Thursday unsuccessfully boarded an LPG tanker off Gabon marking the first piracy-related incident of 2014
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Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Thursday unsuccessfully boarded an LPG tanker off Gabon marking the first piracy-related incident of 2014
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