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Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 23:26 (UTC)

Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker

Pirates have seized control of the Sirius Star, a Saudi-owned oil tanker off the coast of Kenya and are steering her towards Somalia, with two million barrels of oil. The ship is the largest captured by pirates in the area.
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ETA chief arrested in southern France

ETA chief arrested in southern France

Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina (alias Txeroki), the suspected military chief of the Basque nationalist group ETA was arrested in a pre-dawn raid on Monday in the town of Cauterets in Southern France. He is being held in connection with the killing of two Spanish Civil Guards in 2007.
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Senator Ted Stevens loses re-election bid in Alaska ballot

Senator Ted Stevens loses re-election bid in Alaska ballot

In Tuesday's counts, Alaskan US Senator Ted Stevens narrowly lost his re-election bid to Mark Begich, the Democratic Mayor of Anchorage. Meanwhile, as Alaska's counting of the November 4 election is almost complete, Democratic challenger for the US House of Representatives, Ethan Berkowitz, conceded to incumbent Don Young, the Republican Party nominee.
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Science: CERN says repairs to LHC particle accelerator to cost US$21 million

Science: CERN says repairs to LHC particle accelerator to cost US$21 million

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday that repairing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will cost up to €16.6 million or US$21 million. CERN spokesman James Gillies said: "If we can do it sooner, all well and good. But I think we can do it realistically by early summer."
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