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Saudi owners 'talking to pirates'

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The owners of a Saudi Arabian oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has said.

The Sirius Star is the biggest tanker ever hijacked, carrying a cargo of two million barrels of Saudi oil - worth more than $100m (£67m).

Mike Wooldridge reports.

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