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'Shots fired' on ship hijacked by pirates

Gunfire broke out Tuesday aboard a cargo ship carrying tanks and other heavy weapons that was hijacked last week by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a Kenyan maritime official said. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=IzUN1C"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=IzUN1C" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=u119L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=u119L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=tJodL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=tJodL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=lyKAl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=lyKAl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=WHykL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=WHykL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Q9ZSl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=Q9ZSl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/407352410" height="1" width="1"/>