1.0 link 221595 <![CDATA[Somalia's Pirate Problem]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-and-marc-kielburger/somalias-pirate-problem_b_221595.html Everyone agrees that there are pirates off the coast of Somalia. Actually identifying them is tougher.

To the western media and commercial shippers, the men riding the outboard motors equipped with AK-47s are the pirates. Their speed - it takes on average eight minutes to board a ship - is too quick for even the fastest U.S. warship. The ransom demands impede business for everyone.

But, the men boarding the boats don't seem themselves as pirates. As a lawyer defending...

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