The warning suggests ships traveling along the coast of Somalia and Kenya move to the east side of the Seychelles Islands and Madagascar, hundreds of miles east of those coastlines.

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The sale includes all operations in the Maldives, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Seychelles, Diego Garcia and South Atlantic islands, as well as part of its holdings in Monaco.

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In 1976, the Indian Ocean islands of Seychelles became an independent republic within the Commonwealth after 160 years of British rule.

CNN: Sunday,

This has already successfully taken place in the Cook Islands and The Seychelles.

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Pirates have caused havoc among ships traversing vast parts of the Indian Ocean, as far east as the Seychelles and as far south as the Comoro islands.

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