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Piracy: old trade, new stakes

The hijacking of the 310, 000 ton supertanker Sirius Star marks a new watershed in world piracy both because of the size of ship the pirates have seized and the range at which they carried out the assault some 800 kilometres off the coast of Kenya.

Reuters | November 18, 2008Watch more videos from Reuters

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