Have hired guns finally scuppered Somali pirates? »

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ABOARD RMS QUEEN MARY (Reuters) - Posted between septuagenarian passengers in deck chairs, lookouts stand watch over the Gulf of Aden, scanning the horizon for pirates. After more than half a decade of Somali men attacking Indian Ocean shipping from small speedboats with AK-47s, grappling hooks and ladders, the number of attacks is falling fast. The last merchant ship to be successfully hijacked, naval officers monitoring piracy say, was at least nine months ago. ... Source Main page (current trends)

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