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  • Somalia: Pirates free ship after ransom paid 28 Aug 2008 10:08 GMT
    ... SOMALI pirates have released an Omani ship they had ... hijacked off the coast of Horn of Africa nation so far this year. A record ... week, meaning pirates are holding hostage four cargo vessels, two tankers and a tug boat, along ...

  • Somali pirates free Omani ship 28 Aug 2008 10:02 GMT
    ... Somali pirates have released an Omani ship they had ... hijacked off the coast of Horn of Africa nation so far this year. A record ... week, meaning pirates are holding hostage four cargo vessels, two tankers and a tug boat, along ...

  • Pirates free ship after ransom paid 28 Aug 2008 08:27 GMT
    ... SOMALI pirates have released an Omani ship they had ... hijacked off the coast of Horn of Africa nation so far this year. A record ... week, meaning pirates are holding hostage four cargo vessels, two tankers and a tug boat, along ...

  • 4:29pmPirates release ship after ransom 28 Aug 2008 07:54 GMT
    ... SOMALI pirates have released an Omani ship they had ... hijacked off the coast of Horn of Africa nation so far this year. A record ... week, meaning pirates are holding hostage four cargo vessels, two tankers and a tug boat, along ...

  • Somalia: Pirates release ship after ransom 28 Aug 2008 07:54 GMT
    ... SOMALI pirates have released an Omani ship they had ... hijacked off the coast of Horn of Africa nation so far this year. A record ... week, meaning pirates are holding hostage four cargo vessels, two tankers and a tug boat, along ...

  • Pirates release ship after ransom 28 Aug 2008 07:31 GMT
    ... SOMALI pirates have released an Omani ship they had ... hijacked off the coast of Horn of Africa nation so far this year. A record ... week, meaning pirates are holding hostage four cargo vessels, two tankers and a tug boat, along ...

  • Piracy on the Rise in Sub -Saharan Africa 27 Aug 2008 16:51 GMT
    ... Piracy on the Rise in Sub -Saharan Africa As Jason McClure writes in this week's ... transport, a Japanese tanker, and a German cargo ship -- were hijacked. The machine gun-carrying pirates ... be the world's riskiest area for international shipping, according to the International Maritime Bureau, a ...

  • Japan Horning In on Africa 27 Aug 2008 10:29 GMT
    ... By Dave Durbach The Horn of Africa, the region that encompasses Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti ... Sea coastline, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, despite patrols by an international force based ...

  • Pirates help fund Somali warlords 27 Aug 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... one of the world's most dangerous for shipping. Where once they might have used cutlasses ... later in the day snatching a German-operated cargo ship with nine crew flying the flag of ... Nations peacekeepers. Rashid Abdi Sheikh, Horn of Africa analyst at the International Crisis Group, says ...

  • Hefty ransoms feeding Somali piracy 27 Aug 2008 00:30 GMT
    ... Authorities in Somalia have called on shipping companies and governments to refrain from paying ransoms ... Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said. "We told people ... going for the big money jobs -- cargo ships and tankers owned by international shipping lines ...

  • --> Canadian Frigate Ensures Delivery of Food to Somalia 26 Aug 2008 20:52 GMT
    ... Canadian Frigate Ensures Delivery of Food to Somalia HMCS ... Quebec arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia with a cargo of more than 5,400 metric tons of corn and ... forth transits along the east coast of Africa escorting vessels carrying precious, life-saving cargo. "We ...

  • Canadian Frigate Ensures Delivery of Food to Somalia 26 Aug 2008 20:48 GMT
    ... HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, INDIAN OCEAN -- (MARKET WIRE) ... Quebec arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia with a cargo of more than 5,400 metric tons of corn and ... forth transits along the east coast of Africa escorting vessels carrying precious, life-saving cargo. "We ...

  • Hefty ransom payments feeding surge in Somali piracy 26 Aug 2008 15:53 GMT
    ... get their share of the hefty ransoms shipping firms pay out for their ships and crews. ... Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. ... going for the big money jobs - cargo ships and tankers owned by international shipping lines ...

  • Hefty ransom payments feeding surge in Somali piracy - Feature 26 Aug 2008 14:17 GMT
    ... get their share of the hefty ransoms shipping firms pay out for their ships and crews. ... Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. ... going for the big money jobs - cargo ships and tankers owned by international shipping lines ...

  • One dies aboard seized Malaysian tanker 26 Aug 2008 13:51 GMT
    ... Tuesday. According to a statement by Malaysian shipping line MISC, the seaman died in an accident ... to protect crew members. Waters off East African coast, are considered among most dangerous in ... among most dangerous in the world, with cargo ships and luxury yachts being targeted by heavily ...

  • International Naval Mission Sets Sail to Stop Piracy 26 Aug 2008 05:15 GMT
    ... A spree of hijackings by pirates off the coast of ... Japanese vessel, as well as one German-operated cargo ship were all seized on Thursday, Aug. 22. ... a naval deployment to the Horn of Africa. German marines will reportedly take part in ...

  • AfricaSomalia turmoil 26 Aug 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... people face the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa — a state of affairs that they're ... Offshore, pirates harass food deliveries and international shipping. A Canadian warship, HMCS Ville de Quebec, is ... deter attacks on maritime traffic in the Horn of Africa. The UN maintains political and humanitarian missions ...

  • Defining a 'failed state' 26 Aug 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... people face the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa — a state of affairs that they're ... Offshore, pirates harass food deliveries and international shipping. A Canadian warship, HMCS Ville de Quebec, is ... deter attacks on maritime traffic in the Horn of Africa. The UN maintains political and humanitarian missions ...

  • All Malaysians on board hijacked tanker safe 26 Aug 2008 01:12 GMT
    ... seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia are safe. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri ... Datuk Seri Abdul Rahmad Abdul Hamid. Malaysian shipping firm MISC Berhad was reported to have established ... its 3,025km coastline -- the longest in Africa -- remains virtually unpoliced. Najib said for a ...


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