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"sent": "Five Somali men were convicted of plotting a hijack at sea and sentenced to five years in prison in the Netherlands, in the first trial of pirates in Europe, a prosecution spokesman said Thursday."
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"sent": "The five were captured by the Danish navy in January 2009 in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia, after a cargo ship with Dutch Antilles flag was attacked."
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"sent": "\"a cargo ship with Dutch Antilles flag was destroyed by the Danish navy, and pirates were captured and handed to the Dutch authorities,\" de Bruin said."
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"sent": "The pirates who were tried in the Netherlands spent four weeks aboard the Danish navy ship after The pirates who were tried in the Netherlands capture before being taken to the Netherlands, spokesman de Bruin said."
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"sent": "The pirates who were tried in the Netherlands were held in pre-trial custody while a New York federal court interviewed witnesses from the Danish navy and seamen on the Dutch Antilles cargo ship that was under attack, spokesman de Bruin said."
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"sent": "Germany will soon try 10 suspected pirates who were captured in the Gulf of Aden earlier this year."
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"sent": "If confirmed as a North Korean nuclear explosion, the magnitude 4.9 event would closely follow a controversial rocket launch from December which marked a milestone in the pariah state's rocket program."
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"sent": "Though the project is beset by technical problems -- the missile's targeting system was inaccurate -- the No-dong arouses particular concern because the project could potentially carry a nuclear warhead."
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