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What are the demands of Somali Pirates to Seize Maersk?

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What are the demands of Somali Pirates to Seize Maersk?

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More News • Stocks in Europe Drop for Third Week in Longest Losing Streak Since March • India Joins Russia, China in Questioning Dominance of U.S. Dollar Reserves • Dollar Gains as Signs Economic Recovery Faltering Spark Demand for Safety Somali Pirates Seize Maersk Alabama With 20 Americans (Update1) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Gregory Viscusi April 8 (Bloomberg) — Pirates captured the container ship Maersk Alabama and its crew of 20 Americans off Somalia in what Navy officials said may be the first seizure of a U.S. ship in four years of attacks. Pirates in the region have taken more ships in the past four days than in the first three months of the year. In recent days, pirates have launched assaults outside their usual hunting grounds in the Gulf of Aden. The seizure represents the second foreign-affairs challenge for President Barack Obama in less than a week. On April 5 North Korea launched a ballistic missile in defiance of international demands that it cease such activitie

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