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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 18 (UPI) — The North Korean captain of a tanker commandeered by Somali pirates off the Seychelles has died of a gunshot wound, the ship’s captors said Wednesday.

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JAMAICA has slipped three places to 99th on the 2009 corruption index, which ranked New Zealand as the world’s least corrupt nation and riotous Somalia the most corrupt.

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A European Union naval force patrolling the waters off Somalia said Tuesday that a chemical tanker with 28 North Korean crew had become the latest in a string of ships commandeered by Somali pirates.

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