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Pirates kidnap 15 sailors in attack on Turkish container ship off Nigeria

Pirates are boating before German navy from frigate Rheinland-Pfalz intercepted them in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast on March 3, 2009, in this picture made available on March 4, 2009. [File, Bundeswehr, Reuters]

Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual.

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