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Hijacked by pirates

Scene still from "The 'Somali pirates' are not what they seem"

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Who can they kill?

Natasha Lennard

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Natasha Lennard

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Is drone war moral?

Murtaza Hussain

Peter Finocchiaro

A car burns outside Hotel Madina during a protest in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, in the streets of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, June 10, 2011. Two boys were shot dead in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday during a second day of protests against a deal to extend the mandates of the country's president and parliament, residents said. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) (Â© Feisal Omar / Reuters)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - This photo taken Wednesday, June 8, 2011 shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, left, and another unidentified man lying dead in Mogadishu, Somalia. A Somali official says the al-Qaida operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania has been killed. The spokesman for Somalia's minister of information, Abdifatah Abdinur, said Saturday June 11, 2011 that officials have concluded that a man security forces killed late Tuesday was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. Fazul had a $5 million bounty on his head for allegedly planning the 1998 embassy bombings. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (AP)

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AU peacekeepers take cover behind sandbags, right, as AU tank standby during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Bakara market neighborhood on Friday, May 27, 2011. The U.N. Security Council is warning Somali leaders that they risk losing financial support if they can't agree on how to carry out upcoming elections. Somalia's government depends on international support for almost everything, including the salaries of soldiers and lawmakers. Around 9,000 African Union troops are stationed in Mogadishu to prevent the government from being overrun by militants. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (AP)

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In this photo released by the Government of India Press Information Bureau, Indian naval officers distribute food to the captured pirates aboard an Indian naval ship in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Kochi, India, Sunday, March 13, 2011. The navy captured 61 pirates from a hijacked boat after a brief gunfight in the Arabian Sea, the military said Monday, March 14, 2011. (AP Photo/ Press Information Bureau) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

Ashok Sharma, Abdi Guled

Malkhadir M. Muhumed

FILE - In this June 11, 2005 file photo provided by Joe Grande, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle are seen on a yacht in Bodega Bay, Calif. The U.S. military says Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 that pirates killed four American hostages they were holding on the yacht Quest off Somalia's coast. The victims are the Quest's owners, Scott and Jean Adam of California, and Macay and Riggle, both of Seattle. (AP Photo/Joe Grande, File) NO SALES (AP)

Friends: Americans killed by pirates were careful

George Tibbits, Christina Hoag

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Somali pirates kill 4 American hostages

Pauline Jelinek

CORRECTS SOURCE - In this photo released by South Korean navy via Yonhap, members of South Korean naval special forces stand guard Somali pirates after detaining them on South Korean cargo ship Samho Jewelry in the Arabian Sea Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. In a daring and rare raid, South Korean special forces stormed the hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea on Friday, rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight assailants in a rare and bold raid on Somali pirates, South Korea said. (AP Photo/South Korean navy via Yonhap) KOREA OUT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

South Korean raid frees crew from Somali pirates

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Katharine Houreld

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U.S. concerned by mystery Somali mercenary army

5 Somalis' piracy case goes to Virginia jury

A nurse at Medina hospital treats a wounded civilian,at Medina hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. after he was wounded by mortar shrapnel during fighting between Somali insurgents and African Union troops. A suicide bomber and gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people including members of parliament in an attack that set off an hour-long gun battle, a military spokesman and a witness said. (AP Photo/ Mohamed Sheikh Nor) (AP)

Mohamed Olad Hassan, Malkhadir M. Muhumed

Mohamed Olad Hassan, Mohamed Sheikh Nor

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