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5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-10 21:38

The oil tanker MV Sirius Star is shown at anchor off the coast of Somalia in this November 19, 2008 file photo. Somali pirates on Friday released the Saudi supertanker held since November after payment of a $3 million ransom, an associate of the pirates said. [Agencies]

More than a dozen ships with about 300 crew members are still being held by pirates off the coast of Somalia, including the weapons-laden Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina, which was seized in September.

The multimillion dollar ransoms are one of the few ways to earn a living in the impoverished, war-ravaged country. Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991 and nearly half of its population depends on aid.

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