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  • Pirates seize Greek-owned bulk carrier off Yemen 23 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
    ... Pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier in ... of Aden, off the northern coast of Somalia, has the highest risk of piracy in ...

  • Are Pirates Really in Pursuit of High-Value Loot? [opinion] 23 Nov 2009 09:15 GMT
    ... -- responsible for jailing a number of pirates and human traffickers -- dead in broad ... attack -- over 1,600 kilometres from the Somali coast -- established a new offshore distance ... more ruthless and violent stage in the pirate game. The sector's financial flows demonstrate its ...

  • ITF fed up with Somali pirates getting away with it 23 Nov 2009 14:10 GMT
    ... shipowners who have done nothing to fight Somali piracy, to act now  -  ... for seafarers to pass through the ever-widening pirate-infested area. The ITF believes that ships should ... to pass through. He pointed out that pirates act virtually unmolested and, even if intercepted, ...

  • Somali pirates hijack Panamanian cargo ship 23 Nov 2009 07:42 GMT
    ... morning 36 nautical miles from the Yemeni port of Balhaf. Poverty and hunger in Somalia are driving up the number of pirate attacks. Yemen's coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the ...

  • Jakarta-Based Sailor's Tales of the Sea 23 Nov 2009 11:36 GMT
    ... With over 40 years of sailing experience, Hans Dieter ... could run across them, he says, and pirates — plenty of stories about pirates. “I’ve ... place when he would give up sailing. “Somalia, I would never be able to defend ...

  • Iranian tanker escapes Somali pirates 23 Nov 2009 08:45 GMT
    ... oil tanker has escaped an attack by pirates in Bab al-Mandeb in waters north of Somalia, a media report has revealed. According to ... oil when it was attacked by two pirate boats. The Iranian tanker managed to flee ...

  • British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates call urgently for help 23 Nov 2009 08:16 GMT
    ... British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates call urgently for help "I have no ... being held north of Haradhere, a notorious pirate stronghold. Britain's Foreign Office said Friday in ...

  • Pirates meet their match 23 Nov 2009 10:36 GMT
    ... Maersk Alabama attacked again, but this time it ... was waking up to the fact that pirates launching from Somalia were a genuine threat to commercial shipping, ...

  • Pirates Threaten to Kill Old British Couple 23 Nov 2009 10:31 GMT
    ... A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates are warning that their lives are in ... Ocean. They were taken to Harardhere, a pirate haven in northeastern Somalia. Their empty yacht ...

  • Sailors to Stay 1 More Year Off Somali Coast 23 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... Sailors to Stay 1 More Year Off Somali Coast By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter A ... troubled waters and thwarted nine attempts by pirates to hijack ships. The contingent consists of ...

  • Pirates step up attacks after pause  23 Nov 2009 06:52 GMT
    ... “Red Sea Spirit was taken by gunmen off ... seizure only emerged on Saturday, he said. Somali pirates have continued to defy foreign navies patrolling ...

  • Pirates free hijacked ship bound for Somali port 23 Nov 2009 14:00 GMT
    ... MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A Somali businessman says a ship hijacked by pirates off East Africa two weeks ago has ... ransom had been paid, but a self-proclaimed pirate named Abdi Nor tells The Associated Press ...

  • Coast Guard Boss Powerless Against Pirates 23 Nov 2009 05:13 GMT
    ... Mogadishu — General Farah Ahmed Omar alias General ... General Farah Qare, the Commander of the Somali Coat Guard has expressed hopelessness against pirates. Speaking to the media in his office ...

  • Girl held hostage by pirates 23 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... Madrid - A Spanish trawler captain released by Somali pirates said he is haunted by his failure to save a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl held ...

  • 'Pirate Latitudes,' by Michael Crichton: Vile Heroes and High-Seas Swagger 23 Nov 2009 05:54 GMT
    ... jacket's wording leaves those things unclear, but “Pirate Latitudes” suggests its own answers. Regardless of ... but that its seaward-facing cannons can be attacked from the rear (the “Lawrence of Arabia” ... pileup of big ingredients (hurricane, cannibals, giant sea monster) that don't have much to do with ...


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