In January, the pirates claimed that they released the Sirius Star and its crew after three million dollars was paid.

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Pompey had cleared the Mediterranean of pirates, which is something that our governments can't seem to do.

庞贝清除了地中海的海盗，这点我们政府似乎办不到。

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Instead,one of them gets kidnapped or has to go off to war or captured by pirates, and she's taken off by pirates and sold into slavery, and she goes all the way around the Mediterranean, and the young man follows her around the Mediterranean in chapter after chapter after chapter.

相反，其中一人会被绑架,或者参军打仗，或者被海盗俘虏，女方被海盗掳走，卖作奴隶，她会一路在地中海四处转辗，男方会追随她走遍地中海,就这样一章又一章。

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One of the pirates pointed a gun at Captain Phillips and demanded that he order the crew to surrender.

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Because a lot of these ships go blub on the way back, or are taken by pirates and stuff like that, they say, "We want to insure this ship.

因为有很多船只在回程的时候会损坏,或是被海盗之类的匪徒抢劫,他们说,"我们想为这船提供保险

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He offered the pirates a deal. He suggested the pirates could escape using one of the ship's lifeboats.

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The attack took place far from the coast showing the pirates' ability to carry out long distance raids.

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Then the pirates pulled down the false flag, and showed their true colors.

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The pirates threatened to kill their hostage if they were attacked.

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Then,they were to let him go. The pirates agreed.

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But the pirates did not keep their word.

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The pirates have machine guns and rocket-powered bombs.

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Soon the pirates had climbed on board.

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Now,the pirates saw their chance.

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This time the pirates have hijacked three fishing vessels from Thailand with a total crew of 77 Thais aboard the ships.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

(Voice) Ahmed says the pirates are defending the Somali coast from illegal shipping and toxic waste dumping.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Patrols by European and American warships have compelled the pirates to venture farther from their home waters.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Mwangura,whose claim can not be verified, told VOA the pirates may not be telling the truth when they deny the existence of the arms.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

The group says the pirates' missions are financed by criminals in a number of countries besides Somalia, including Lebanon,Kenya and the United Arab Emirates.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

But he said the shootings might make the pirates less inclined to attack ships.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Ba-hoku says that after some shots were exchanged, the pirates fled the ship.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

(Voice) He says the pirates may fear that naval ships patrolling the area will close in on the ship if they believe weapons have fallen into the wrong hands.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

The president did not refer to a new round of threats from the pirates, who say they want revenge for the killing of three of their own in the rescue operation.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

He says negotiations with the pirates are under way.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

But Barigye Ba-hoku, the spokesman for African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM, says that by the time his forces got there, the pirates had already climbed aboard the vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

A number of different countries have sent navy patrols to the important sea route, but the immensity of the area targeted by the pirates has limited the effect of these few military ships.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

The capture of the Maersk Alabama made news around the world after the pirates let the ship and its 20 crew members go, but took the ship's captain hostage in an enclosed lifeboat.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Mr.Obama says the American people also have reason to be proud of the captain who offered himself up as a hostage to the pirates in an effort to protect the crew of his cargo vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Phillips told the FBI agent that Muse was the first to board his ship and, in his words, "conducted himself as the leader of the pirates" Phillips said while the pirates held him hostage aboard the lifeboat, Muse told him he had hijacked other ships before.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

But it was not until eighteen fifteen and the Second Barbary War that the power of the Barbary pirates was broken.

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