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THE SOMALI pirate gang that hijacked Maran Centaurus was reduced to begging EU Navfor for protection from a rival faction just before the release of the very large crude carrier last week, according to media reports from the country.
The request was turned down, a spokesman for the European Union anti-piracy taskforce in the Gulf of Aden has since confirmed.
The bizarre twist occurred in the wake of the release of the Angelicoussis ship, on payment of a ransom...
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