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  1. RT @newsources: EU doubts missing ship was victim of pirates http://bit.ly/3hN7ZH
  2. Egyptian fisherman attack their Somali pirate captors and kill 2 before escaping. http://bit.ly/vq3m0
  3. Interview with a pirate. Idea of the interview is more interesting than actual interview. A little pirate video helps. http://bit.ly/f0yT6
  4. Irony Award of the Year: Somali pirates seize ship named the "Buccaneer". http://bit.ly/yRy0y
  5. Somali pirates get $1.8m from German ship. Perhaps Obama should consider piracy to fund health care plans... http://bit.ly/yRy0y
  6. @jonnydollarUK Countries around Malacca have done a good job fighting piracy. Main action is in Aden, though much underreporting.
  7. Somali pirates are attacking farther into the oceans. More sophistication (and desperation?) http://bit.ly/3GASly
  8. @jonnydollarUK I'm interested in piracy everywhere, but the E. Africa region is where the activity is mostly these days. Where else?
  9. Pirates smuggling al-Qaeda into Somalia? That claim smells pretty fishy to me: http://bit.ly/tQEuI
  10. Rapper K'Naan speaks out on Somali piracy. Mainly opinion but he's well spoken. http://bit.ly/akXuj
  11. #Pirates blamed for broadband delays in Africa. What next? Here are some great pirate excuses you can use. Others? http://bit.ly/Geok5
  12. Great series of pirate visualizations from Wired. Highest ransom payout ever? $3.2m. Not bad. See an overview: http://bit.ly/OOvtd
  13. Pirates, meet the "Robo-chopper". High tech observation helicopter unveiled as an anti-piracy. Not sure if it will work. http://bit.ly/9SgAu
  14. @debbs_do al Jazeera reporter actually found some #pirates and interviewed them. http://bit.ly/mmONl
  15. @pixies_mum al Jazeera caught pirates on camera. http://bit.ly/mmONl
  16. @jellybabies2009 al Jazeera found pirates and caught them on video. http://bit.ly/mmONl
  17. Video of Somali #pirates. Pirate claims that 20% of ransom booty goes to the poor. Robin Hood rides again? http://bit.ly/mmONl
  18. RT @eahom027: RT @BreakingNews: Pirates have hijacked a German-owned cargo ship off the coast of Oman, officials say.
  19. Qaeda moves to Yemen and Somalia could mean pincer movement on Gulf of Aden and a threat for Somali pirates: http://bit.ly/18ZcX5
  20. "Surgical aid strike" in Puntland might help with Somali #pirates. Good interview on why this might work: http://bit.ly/TtGek