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Fighter jet missing 5 decades found off California coast

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 15:30

(CNN) -- Searchers in California say they have found and identified the wreck of a fighter jet that disappeared into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles International Airport nearly 54 years ago.

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Pirates hijack cargo ship near Seychelles

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 14:19

The International Maritime Bureau say attacks off the east coast of Africa have increased this year.(CNN) -- Pirates seized control of a cargo vessel near the Seychelles Thursday, one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other off the coast of east Africa, according to the European Union Naval Force.

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Global pirate attacks on the increase

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 14:19

The increase in attacks has forced many countries to patrol pirate hotspots such as the Gulf of Aden.(CNN) -- The first nine months of this year has seen more pirate attacks than all of last year. And more than half of those attacks were carried out by suspected Somali pirates, an international maritime watchdog group said Wednesday.

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