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Picture this: You’re a Somali pirate scanning the horizon for your next target. Through the morning haze, you spot what appears to be a slow-moving cargo vessel—exactly the kind of easy prey that made ...

MOGADISHU — Somali pirates have abandoned a hijacked lemon-laden Emirati dhow at sea after failing to use the vessel to attack other ships, security sources in Somalia’s Puntland state said. No ...