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Pirates Seize Oil Tanker with 200 Million of Crude

Armed pirates have hijacked a U.S.-bound oil tanker carrying about $200 million worth of crude off the coast of Oman. Authorities say the Greek-flagged vessel has a crew of 25, including 17 Filipinos, seven Greeks and one Georgian. This is the second

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Pirates release tanker with Russian crew

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Greece has condemned an attack carried out by a Libyan warplane on a Greek-operated oil tanker chartered by Libya's national oil company, saying it had contacted the U-N envoy for Libya and the E-U about the incident. The attack took place on Monday

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