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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...

French hostage escapes in Somalia, officials say

World
2009-8-26

ONE of a pair of French security agents kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month has escaped, Somali officials said today. A military officer said the man is believed to have killed three of his captors. The...

Hijacked German cargo ship released off Somalia

World
2009-7-18

THE German Foreign Ministry says Somali pirates who captured a German-owned cargo ship in May in the Gulf of Aden have released it and the crew is unharmed. A ministry spokesman said today the MV Victoria and its...

3 aide foreign workers kidnapped in Kenya

World
2009-7-18

GUNMEN have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said today. Roughly 10 gunmen arrived late last night at a house in the border town...

Japan sends 2 destroyers off Somalia

World
2009-7-6

JAPAN sends 2 destroyers for anti-piracy missions off Somalia Japan sends two Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyers for anti-piracy missions off Somalia today under a new law authorizing them to escort...

Court cuts off hands and feet in Somalia

World
2009-6-26

A court in Somalia yesterday cut off a hand and foot of each of four men convicted of stealing phones and guns, drawing hundreds of onlookers as the weeping men were punished at a military camp. The Shariah court...

Hostages let go

World
2009-6-23

PIRATES in Somalia said yesterday that they had freed the seven crew members from Seychelles yacht Indian Ocean Explorer. Pirates seized the oceanographic research cruiser at the end of March near the Seychelles'...

Somalia gets new navy force after years of absence

World
2009-6-14

DRILLING in the open ground of the dusty and dilapidated Old Port in the north of Mogadishu are nearly five hundred young men recruited to serve Somalia's nascent navy force, the first in nearly two decades. "We...

Pirates' glossy lives win admirers in Somalia

World
2009-6-1

AN extravagant convoy of forty 4x4s and four motorbikes escort a young bride to her nuptials at a sandy beach in the Somali village of Hobyo and are used to light up the twilight celebration. Her pirate commander...