Pirates hijack oil supertanker off east Africa

17 Nov 2008

Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily and pushing world crude prices higher. The U.S. Fifth Fleet said the Sirius Star was being taken to the pirate haven of Eyl, on the Somali coast, on Monday. (Full Story)

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