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(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)"},{"i":"http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_18t135358_450x346_us_somalia_tanker.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=Y1YNOm4eBZGyY8rRTw_4mw--","t":"Coast Provincial police officer Kingori Mwangi speaks to reporters ...","u":"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/photos_wl/2008_11_18t135358_450x346_us_somalia_tanker","d":"(Reuters) - Coast Provincial police officer Kingori Mwangi speaks to reporters after eight pirates were handed over by British authorities to Kenyan police in Mombasa in this frame grab November 19, 2008. The British navy captured the Somali pirates after the attempted hijacking of a Danish cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden on November 11. 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