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Pirates New Focus Of US Seamen Training

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Piracy, "International Maritime Bureau", "Massachusetts Maritime Academy", Pirates, Hijacking, "Merchant Ships", "California Maritime Academy", Portland Oregon, World News

PORTLAND, Maine — With an alarming number of tankers and cargo ships getting hijacked on the high seas, the nation's maritime academies are offe...

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Somali Pirates Fire On US Cruise Ship In Hijack Attempt

AP | By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pirates, Nautica, Foreign Affairs, Hijacking, Oceania Cruises, Somali Pirates, Somalia Pirates, Nautica Hijack, Ukraine, Politics News

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed a...

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