Paying off Somali Pirates: Still the Least Bad Option?
The recent murders of four Americans sailing off the coast of Somalia have led to calls for a tougher action against Somali pirates.
The recent murders of four Americans sailing off the coast of Somalia have led to calls for a tougher action against Somali pirates.
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ABDI GULED | Posted 05.25.2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia — An American couple that has sailed the world with a yacht full of Bibles was hijacked by Somali pirates, and the U.S. said ...
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have found no direct ties between East African pirates and terrorist groups but continue to search for signs of link...
AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat Thursday off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has declined to answer a question about the hostage situation off the coast of Somalia. The president was a...
AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.25.2011
NAIROBI, Kenya — In a riveting high-seas drama, an unarmed American crew wrested control of their U.S.-flagged cargo ship from Somali pirates We...
Vanda Felbab-Brown | Posted 05.25.2011