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US ship stops pirates with guns and noise

World
2009-11-19

SOMALI pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama yesterday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the United States-flagged ship repelled the assault with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. ...

Somali pirates free nine from captivity

World
2009-11-16

SOMALI pirates have freed nine Indian and Bangladeshi seafarers after businessmen and clan elders in the country's semi-autonomous northern Puntland region negotiated their release, residents said yesterday. The...

Somali pirates seize another 2 vessels

World
2009-11-12

SOMALI pirates seized a Greek cargo ship and a Yemeni fishing boat in the latest attacks demonstrating their ability to evade international naval forces, gunmen and officials said yesterday. Patrols by a multinational...

Rival Somali groups fight over British couple

World
2009-11-3

RIVAL pirates and militia groups have fought for control over a British couple held hostage for more than a week, an Islamic militia commander and a local elder said. The couple were not injured in the fighting. ...

Somali pirates ask US$7 mln to free UK couple-report

World
2009-10-31

SOMALI pirates have demanded a US$7 million ransom for a British couple captured on their yacht in the Indian Ocean, according to a phone call from a man purporting to be a member of the gang broadcast by the BBC yesterday....

Somali pirates hold British couple on cargo ship

World
2009-10-30

PAUL and Rachel Chandler, a retired British couple who sailed to exotic locales aboard their 38-foot yacht, said in one of their last cheery messages they would likely be "out of touch for some time." After disappearing...

New Ship Grabbed

National
2009-10-23

SOMALI pirates with automatic weapons seized another cargo ship off Africa's east coast and are holding its 26 crew members hostage, anti-piracy officials said yesterday. The pirates captured the Panamanian-flagged...

Pirates threaten to kill Chinese crew

National
2009-10-21

PIRATES from Somalia who hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean threatened yesterday to execute its 25 Chinese crew members if any rescue operation was attempted. The De Xin Hai was carrying about...

Chinese navy races to rescue ship from pirates

National
2009-10-20

TWO People's Liberation Army navy missile frigates are heading at full steam towards waters off Somalia to rescue a hijacked ship with 25 Chinese crew on board. Rescuers this afternoon faxed the De Xin Hai ship...

Ship with 25 Chinese aboard seized in Somali pirate strike

National
2009-10-20

SOMALI pirates seized a Chinese cargo ship yesterday with 25 people onboard, a naval spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy force said, in the first successful attack on a Chinese vessel since the country...