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Will a ransom be paid by June 7th for any of the 3 ships hijacked by pirates this week?
No reports of any ransoms being paid, will resettle if new news is made available
Background:
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali officials say a hijacked Dutch ship has arrived in a northern Somali port two days after it was boarded by pirates. The foreign minister of the semiautonomous region of Puntland says the MV Amiya Scan has arrived in the coastal town of Bargal on Wednesday.
Four Russians and five Filipinos are on board as well as an unknown number of pirates.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/28/somalia.pirates.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
Two more ships hijacked Wed...
(CNN) -- Two cargo ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, a Kenyan maritime official said Thursday.
"The ill-fated vessels under captivity are MV Lehmann and MV Arean," Andrew Mwangura of the Kenyan Seafarers Association said.
The ships were taken Wednesday in "roughly the same" area where the Dutch-owned MV Amiya Scan was hijacked Sunday, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/29/somalia.pirates/index.html?iref=newssearch
There have been 24 attacks on ships near the Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden this year, said Capt. Pottengal Mukundan, director of the International Maritime Bureau, which tracks pirate attacks.
Of those 24, he said, seven have been successful hijackings.
In the seven cases this year, most were resolved with a ransom payment, Mody said, adding that the pirates in Somalia typically treat the crews on the hijacked ships well.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/27/dutch.pirates/index.html?iref=newssearch
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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No ransom is paid for any of the 3 ships by 6/7/08 |
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Ransom is paid for 1 of the 3 ships by 6/7/08 |
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Ransom is paid for 2 of the 3 ships by 6/7/08 |
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Ransom is paid 3 of the 3 ships by 6/7/08 |
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Suspend date: Fri 6th Jun 8:59am PDT Settlement date: Thu 12th Jun 12:24pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 6th Jun 8:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: No ransom is paid for any of the 3 ships by 6/7/08: 50%, Ransom is paid for 1 of the 3 ships by 6/7/08: 25%, Ransom is paid for 2 of the 3 ships by 6/7/08: 20%, Ransom is paid 3 of the 3 ships by 6/7/08: 5%
Action history:
mrperfkt 
elly: There are no reports for such an event 
mork![[Power User]](http://www.hubdub.com/images/icon_superuser.gif "This user is a super user"){kind=icon}
: I found a report of a ship rescued by Canadians and two ships being held for $1M ransom. No reports of a ransom being paid. 
ryanj: No reports of any ransoms being paid, will resettle if new news is made available
Suspend date: Fri 6th Jun 8:59am PDT Settlement date: Thu 12th Jun 12:24pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 6th Jun 8:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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