If Canada wants to bolster its argument that the energy resources here are vital to North America's energy security, it need look no further than this item. Media reports said Somali pirates reportedly got somewhere between $5.5 million and $9 million for releasing the oil supertanker Maran Centaurus in January. The U.S.-bound ship was captured last November. It was carrying about two million barrels of oil.
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