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Word: melaka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...daybreak, long after the Kopassus sped off, the new crew dropped the hostages with food and water on a deserted island off the east Sumatran coast near Kualatungkal. They also left the inside man so as not to arouse suspicion. Then they headed northwest, back past Singapore, skirting Melaka and Medan. Over the next seven days, while the captain sailed, the crew of 14 worked, repainting the entire ship and plastering a new English name over the Thai lettering on the bow. Off the Maldives, they rendezvoused with another tanker and the Hong Kong crime lord. The palm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buccaneer Tales in the Pirates' Lair | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

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