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Pirates hijack Saudi tanker

  • Saudi Arabia: Tuesday, November 18 - 2008 at 08:40

A Saudi Arabian oil tanker with 25 crew members on board has been hijacked by Somali pirates and is being taken to a region in the Horn of Africa used by gangs seeking ransoms for ships, the US Navy said. The hijackers boarded the Saudi Arabian Oil Co Sirius Star about 450 nautical miles from the Somali coast on Nov. 15, the pirates' farthest strike offshore so far, reported Bloomberg.

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