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Somali pirates demanded 20 million US dollars (14 million euros) in ransom despite being surrounded by three foreign warships on September 28, 2008.
Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2008

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  • SUGULE ALI,
  • spokesman for a group of Somali pirates who, in the latest in a string of heists, seized a Ukrainian freighter loaded with $30 million in weaponry
Photo: HO / AFP / Getty | Source: New York Times