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Thu 07 Jul 2009Pirates wreak havoc at sea as attacks double in six months
FORGET CUTLASSES, cannon and peg legs. Modern pirates armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades are enjoying a bumper year.
Attacks around the world more than doubled in the first six months of 2009, according to a new report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), fuelled entirely by Somalia’s pirate gangs.
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