Pirate

Obama's Pirate Joke: Axelrod's Idea, Speechwriter Wore Costume

CBS News | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

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Pity the poor historian a couple hundred years from now, at a loss to figure out why Barack Obama, an American president at the start of the 21st cent...

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Somali Pirates Captured After Mistakenly Firing On German Navy Vessel

Sky News | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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A group of pirates got a nasty surprise when they attacked a merchant ship - that turned out to be a German naval vessel....

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Somali Pirates Seize Two More Ships: NATO

AP | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

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Pirates have captured a Panama-registered tanker with 19 crew off Somalia, Nato said today. The US Navy is reporting that a Norwegian-owned cargo vess...

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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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Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH KENNEDY | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful wome...

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Saudis May Use Military Force Against Somali Pirates

Press TV | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

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Saudi Arabia is likely to use military force to rescue a giant oil tanker recently seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. The country might...

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Pirates Feel Misunderstood

The New York Times | Jeffrey Gettleman | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- The Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter loaded with tanks, artillery, grenade launchers and ammunition said in an inte...

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UN Planning Military Action Against Pirates (VIDEO)

Russia Today | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

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The United Nations is reportedly planning military action against east African pirates. A source close to the UN Security Council told RT its consider...

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UN Struggles To Stop Pirate Attacks, Approves New Sanctions

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.N., African Union and Arab nations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pirate attacks, authorizing sanctions and ...

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