In all, there will be four Russian ships, with a combined crew of 1, 000, the Venezuelans say.

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They are a particular nuisance on cruise ships, often sickening a large fraction of the passengers and crew.

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Howlett told CNN the 268 people currently held did not include a number of crew members from two further Yemeni ships that are under pirate control, as they had not been formally reported to the IMB by their owners.

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Watson and a crew of fifty-two volunteers had sailed the ships the Farley Mowat, from Australia, and the Robert Hunter, from Scotland to the Ross Sea with the intention of saving whales in one of their principal habitats.

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Since communication was slow, said Bean, it could take months to let a crew of pirates know that the war was over and they should stop destroying ships and looting.

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Last week, the company announced plans to dispatch the MV MacArthur, a 183-foot vessel with a crew of 14 and a helicopter pad, to the Gulf of Aden to provide escort services for ships in need of security.

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