Gulf of Aden

Somali pirates seize German ship, 11 crew

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — A German cargo ship carrying 11 crew members in the Gulf of Aden called for help as it was being attacked by Somali pirates, bu...

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Piracy, Geopolitics, and Private Security

Abukar Arman | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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Abukar Arman

Piracy is not only disrupting international trade, it is preventing the flow of humanitarian aid to several million Somalis and is perpetuating the very culture that kept Somalia in an abyss of anarchy.

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Somali Pirate Home Base: Eyl

WardHeerNews | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Garowe, (WDN) - The Somali pirates that have wreaked havoc on the shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean in recent years have been wi...

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Somali Pirate To Be Tried In US

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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A Somali teenager captured by the US navy during a confrontation with pirates is to be taken to the US to face trail, US officials have said....

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Pirates Vow To Hunt Down American Ships, Kill Sailors

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and TODD PITMAN | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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MOMBASA, Kenya — The U.S. and its allies battled Somalia's pirates on two fronts Wednesday, with French forces seizing a bandit mother ship and ...

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Gulf Of Aden PHOTO: Somali Pirates Terrorize Shipping Lanes

Huffington Post | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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The Gulf of Aden has emerged as the favorite place for pirates to terrorize shipping lanes. Indeed, since the famous incident in which pirates hijacke...

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Somali Pirates Hijack 4 More Ships

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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MOMBASA, Kenya — Defiant Somali pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at another U.S. cargo ship on Tuesday but failed t...

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Why We Pay Attention to Piracy

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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Marcia DeSanctis

There is no government in Somalia to speak of, and the pirates are self-governing anyway. It is dramatic, challenging, surprising and odd place for a test of America's strength in the post-Bush world.

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Somali Pirates On Hijacking Spree, Seize 5 Ships

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — For the first three months of 2009, Somalia's notorious pirates faded from the headlines as a massive international naval force...

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Pirates Hijack British Cargo Ship In Gulf Of Aden

Times Online | Rob Crilly | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship, after 48 hours of plunder at sea....

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Pirates Hijack Yacht Near Seychelles Islands

AP | ANITA POWELL | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — A tourist yacht and its crew of seven has been hijacked by Somali pirates near the Seychelles islands off Africa's east coast, ...

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Mercenary King Erik Prince Resigns as Blackwater CEO

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Prince's resignation could be seen as a public formality in what has been a dramatic attempt to scrub all public vestiges of Blackwater.

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Yemen hosts African refugees despite economic woes, social problems

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Yemen hosts thousands of African refugees fleeing unrest and poverty in their countries every year - with Somalis topping the list - despite its own e...

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Somali Pirates Hijack German Tanker

WELT ONLINE | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Somali pirates hijacked a German-owned tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas on Thursday, the first ship seized in the Gulf of Aden in nearly four w...

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Somali Pirates: US To Head Anti-Pirate Patrols

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A new international naval force under American command will soon begin patrols to confront escalating attacks by S...

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Pirates Free 29 Hostages From Two Ships

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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PARIS — Pirates freed 20 hostages aboard a Turkish freighter commandeered off the Somali coast, as nine captives on a French boat were released ...

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Somali Pirates: Crew Use Water Jets To Defend Oil Tanker

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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ATHENS, Greece — Crewmen fired high pressure water jets Friday to fight off heavily armed Somali pirates trying to board a Greek oil tanker in t...

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Somali President Quits Amid International Pressure; Chaos Continues

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's president resigned Monday after a four-year term in which his Western-backed government failed to extend its powe...

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Hash Highway: US, Allies Seize 20 Tons Of Drugs In Indian Ocean

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy says it and British forces have seized more than 20 tons of drugs smuggled along a "hash highway" th...

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Pirates Tell Their Stories

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Shashank Bengali | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- There's at least one job these days that's recession-proof, if you can handle shark-infested seas, outrun some of the world's most p...

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China To Fight Somali Pirates, Considers Naval Mission In Gulf of Aden

Nytimes.com | MARK McDONALD | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

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HONG KONG -- In what would be the first active deployment of its warships beyond the Pacific, China appears set to send naval vessels to help in the f...

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Seeking Woodes Rogers: Piracy, Terrorism and International Law

Richard Spilman | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

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Richard Spilman

In the past, the most effective means of ending piracy was to destroy their base of operations.

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UN gives OK to land, air attacks on Somali pirates

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 01.16.2009 | World

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UNITED NATIONS — On the same day Somali gunmen seized two more ships, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize nations t...

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Somali Pirates: How To Solve The Problem

CNN | Mike Steere for CNN | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Violent and predatory pirates are "totally out of control" according to experts; but what can be done to solve the problem? ...

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Editorial: West Misunderstands Piracy, Many Somalis Consider It National Defense

WardheerNews.com | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

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Lately, the western media has particularly focused on stories of the Somalia piracy, which in effect has received more coverage than the often-talked ...

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