Most of the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia or in the Malacca Strait involve oil tankers that are ransomed.

索马里海岸线附近以及马六甲海峡的大多数海盗袭击都与劫持油轮、索要赎金有关。

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For years, the Strait of malacca-a narrow but vital waterway between Malaysia and indonesia-was bedeviled by buccaneers.

多年以来，马六甲海峡——一条狭窄但至关重要的航路，处于马来西亚和印度尼西亚之间——海盗猖獗肆虐。

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Smaller Asian navies are expanding as a counterbalance to the big powers, and they have an interest in keeping hands off the choke-point of the Malacca Strait.

其他亚洲小型海军的扩张，只是为了保持与大国的军事平衡，它们愿意把手从马六甲海峡的瓶颈处移开。

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The island city-state sits at the mouth of the strategically vital Strait of Malacca.

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Of the 74, 000 vessels, carrying one-third of global seaborne trade, that passed through the Strait of Malacca last year, most also plied the South China Sea.

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As you know, if you range back about seven or eight years, we had a significant piracy problem that was manifesting itself in the Strait of Malacca.

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