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Britons on board hijacked tanker

Somali pirates are taking a hijacked oil tanker with two Britons on board to a port in Somalia, the US Navy said today.

Britons on board hijacked tanker

Mon, 17 Nov, 2008 - 15:39

Somali pirates are taking a hijacked oil tanker with two Britons on board to a port in Somalia, the US Navy said today.

The Saudi-owned Sirius Star was hijacked on Saturday, 450 nautical miles south east of Mombasa, a spokesman for the US Navy said.

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