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Richard Meade - Lloyd's List
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Mar 09, 2010 10:57 AM
A chemical tanker has been hijacked but European anti-piracy naval forces have thwarted six other attacks and captured 35 suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden over the past four days.
The surge in naval activity has been hailed by commanders as the most successful mission since the European Union began operations off Somalia in 2008.
It came as part of a tightening of security in the region to coincide with the...
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