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Page last updated at 23:43 GMT, Friday, 21 November 2008

Sirius Star off the coast of Somalia (US Navy image via Getty Images)
Somali Islamists 'hunt pirates'
Somali Islamist rebels search for pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker, saying seizing a Muslim-owned ship is a crime.
Pirates 'earned $150m this year'
'World only cares about pirates'
Q&A: Somali piracy

A relative weeps at the funeral of cholera victims in Harare, 6 November 2008 Cholera outbreak strikes Zimbabwe
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe nears 300 as the water and sanitation situation "worsens", the UN says.

Johan Nel in handcuffs SA racist killer gets life term
A judge sentences an 19-year-old white South African to four life terms for shooting dead four black people.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Lookout on the deck of TGC Gokova The pirate hunters
On patrol with warships protecting food aid for Somalia
A fisherman reclines on a hippo's back in Cameroon In pictures
From taming hippos to booting footballs in Africa's week
Hijacked Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star 'Not just pirates'
Somali man says world ignores their real problems

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