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French tanker carrying 17 crew believed to have been hijacked by pirate off the Ivory Coast, according to the International Maritime Bureau

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- The Ivory Coast has an commodity-export led economy, with close trade ties with France. The Ivory Coast's primary produce includes cocoa, coffee, petroleum and cotton.

Print 09:32, 04 Feb 2013 - Geopolitical - Source: Newswires