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No Nintendo game this Xmas? Blame Somali pirates (Reuters) by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech (flag)
tech.yahoo.com — LONDON (Reuters) - Alarmed at the growing number of attacks off Somalia , international merchant shipping is edging closer to doing the unthinkable in peace time: by-passing one of world's most vital trade routes . Somali pirates have been plundering ships off the Horn of Africa for years, but ...

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Your Wii is being held hostage
Gadgetell — ... weeks and months. Some of you smart ones will have noticed that this will not effect America, and your right (boats from Asia sail east to the USA).  However Europe is also a massive market for American products which often use this route.  So, this could be a bad for Christmas and gadget loving Europeans , cargo shippers, European retailers and manufacturers, however it is very good for 10 Somalians who are proud owners of 1,000 stolen Nintendo Wiis. Source [Yahoo] Full Story » | Written by Christian Milsom ...

Somali Pirates Steal Nintendo Wiis, Christmas Joy [Nintendo]
Gizmodo — ... loose the ninjas. I mean, you can't spell Nintendo without half of ninja, so you've obviously got them. Ninjas kill pirates. And in this case, protect the innocence of millions of children. Because if "Santa" was real, couldn't he fly around dumb seabound pirates? We're asking you, for the sake of these kids, to not think about how much deeper your lake of gold coins will get from all the loot caused by the extra demand. Release the ninjas. Guard the Wiis. Save the children. [Yahoo via Gadgetell] ...

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