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China active in mine-field problem

National
2009-11-10

CHINA has trained about 300 deminers, and overseen clearance of more than 200,000 square meters of mine fields for foreign countries over 10 years, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A press release...

New fleet of Chinese ships off to pirate seas

National
2009-10-31

A NEW Chinese naval task force began sailing to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the coast of Somalia yesterday to protect merchant vessels against pirates attacks. The new two-ship deployment comes as a Chinese...

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...

Chinese ship may have escaped 2nd pirate attack

National
2009-5-1

A CHINESE merchant ship that fought off pirates in Somali waters in December confronted three suspicious boats on Wednesday morning at the mouth of the Red Sea near the Gulf of Aden in what might have been another...

Second anti-pirate flotilla deployed

National
2009-4-1

A SECOND group of Chinese navy escort ships will set sail for the Gulf of Aden tomorrow to replace a flotilla sent earlier to guard against pirates. The new task force will comprise a destroyer, Shenzhen, and a...

Five pirates drown with loot

World
2009-1-11

FIVE of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported US$3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and port town resident said yesterday....

Chinese Navy ready to battle pirates

National
2008-12-26

THE Chinese Navy's three-ship fleet that will take part in anti-piracy efforts off Somalia has finished its preparations and is ready for the country's first overseas deployment of maritime military forces since...

China to send warships to battle Somali pirates

National
2008-12-19

CHINA is getting ready to dispatch warships to waters off the coast of Somalia to join the international community's fight against piracy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The announcement came...

Smugglers kill refugees

World
2008-11-4

SIXTY corpses of would-be refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia were found on a beach in Yemen over the weekend after smugglers forced many of them overboard, an international aid agency said yesterday. Medicins Sans...

Smugglers force 150 refugees from boat

World
2008-10-11

ABOUT 100 people are missing and feared drowned off the shores of Yemen after their smugglers forced them overboard in the treacherous Gulf of Aden waters, Yemeni officials and the United Nations refugee agency said...