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A LUXURY ship today narrowly escaped seizure by gunmen off the pirate-infested Somali coast when it sped off to the high seas amid a trail of gunfire. The vessel was carrying at least 600 tourists from Europe destined to the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, where it was expected to arrive Monday, Andrew Mwangura of the Kenyan chapter of the Seafarers' Assistance Programme (SAP) told AFP. "The captain made a distress call and later switched off the radio communication to avoid being traced by the hijackers," Mwangura said. He said that the gunmen sailing in three boats later abandoned the...

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Ahoy mateys, please check in here at the unofficial Pirate Chapter of Free Republic if you were at Friva and saw the Pirate Invasion at least one time while at the Treasure Island Resort. Even though I could spot some of you unsavory pirates from across a room, I didn't bother to scribble your screen names on any of my numerous receipts from Vegas. The good news is that my camera's fine now. I just purchased shoddy batteries in Reno. IT FIGURES with a name like that. I'll bookmark this thread and post here occasionally because Jeb Bush doesn't need...