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Pirates of the Horn

Published December 2, 2008, 8:22 pm, Monday Morning

On one side are the eight navies, the world’s largest shipping companies, the wealthy Gulf states that need to get their oil to market, and the great powers, whose commerce depends heavily on the shipping lanes around the Horn of Africa.

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