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A republican senator is urging the pentagon to step up efforts at combating piracy. correspondent amy kellogg reports it's not just a safety issue. piracy also costs the world economy $2 billion a year. >> in the first three months of the year, pirate attacks were up 300% from the same time last year. last november, random of $9.5 million was paid by the south carolinaensouthsouthkorea! tanker >> the amount of ransom paid spiraled creating incentive to get in the business. >> republican kirk traveled to horn of africa where he met with u.s. forces fighting piracy. as well as the chinese whose ...

"cry macho." a republican senator is urging the pentagon to step up efforts at combating piracy. correspondent amy kellogg reports it's not just a safety issue. piracy also costs the world economy $2 billion a year. >> in the first three months of the year, pirate attacks were up 300% from the same time last year. last november, random of $9.5 million was paid by the south carolinaensouthsouthkorea! tanker >> the amount of ransom paid spiraled creating incentive to get in the business. >> republican kirk traveled to horn of africa where he met with u.s. forces fighting piracy. as well as the...

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Yacht's owner and two of their friends, it was the first time that u.s. citizens have died in the wake of hie pirate attacks in recent years. >> the next deadline to prevent a n.f.l. lockout and it sounds like they are away from a compromise. latest on the talks and prospects for the next season. that is coming up. or even 20 years? the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

Coast of india on their way to mumbai. but the smaller boats that went slower and had to make more frequent stops were closer into shore. scott and jean were out in the traffic lanes and contending with fishing boats and cargo ships. and one can imagine that depending on the wind they might have had to take a tack that took them out away from land, and they must have been picked off. somehow they slipped through the hole in the safety net. >> the other question is -- and we've seen, i guess, 53 of these pirate attacks, vessels seized worldwide just last year alone, all but four of them happene...