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Peter T. Leach | Nov 18, 2009

Security team drives off raid with evasive maneuvers, small arms fire

Pirates for a second time attacked the Maersk Alabama early Wednesday morning but failed to board it while the U.S.-flag container ship was steaming 500 nautical miles off the northeast coast of Somalia, the U.S. Navy said.