-- ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Five Somali men went on trial in a Dutch court for the 17th century crime of “sea robbery” Tuesday in Europe’s first piracy trial since a surge of attacks on shipping off the Somalia’s lawless coast.Apparently the pirates are pleading "root causes".
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"Lots of poor people the world over are poor not because they don't have any money, but because they spend the money they do have on crap."Oh, good grief... are we allowed to say that?