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Pirates anchor hijacked supertanker Sirius Star off Somalia coastThe Saudi Arabia-owned supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates in an audacious raid several hundred miles out to sea is understood to have anchored off the coast of Somalia.The Sirius Star, which is fully loaded with crude oil, is understood to be at anchor close to a headland called Raas Cusbad, ... |
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Saudi Arabia: Hijacking of oil tanker 'outrageous act' - SummaryAthens/Nairobi - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Tuesday called the hijacking of a Saudi oil tanker by Somali pirates an outrageous act. In the first Saudi Arabian public statement about the hijacking, Prince Saud al-Faisal said there is a need t... ... |
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Why Damascus Won’t Stop Harboring Terrorists, No Matter How Hard We TryThe Bush administration has quietly authorized U.S. forces to attack Al-Qaeda bases around the Middle East–an escalation in the war on terror that Eli Lake first revealed two weeks ago in The New Republic and that The New York Times reported on this week. One of the administration’s m... |
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For the Record - Who is attending the G20 Summit?From the White House here. Argentina: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner — President Carlos Fernandez - Minister of Finance Hector Timerman - Sherpa Jorge Taiana - Deputy Minister of Finance Australia: Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister Wayne Swan - Treasurer David Tune - Associate Secretary (Sherpa) ... |
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Apt. sitters apt. quittersEight holdout tenants who fought for five years to keep their millionaire landlord from turning their Lower East Side tenement into a mansion for himself agreed to be bought out yesterday. The last rent-stabilized tenants of 47 E. Third St. said... ... |
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Computer of choice for a king and a president: MacsMicrosoft might have everyday users proclaiming themselves Window’s fanboys, but both royalty and politicians prefer Macs. Above is Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Al Saud monitoring Mecca and below, President-elect Obama on the campaign trail. When Obama talked abou... |
