Somali Pirates FOILED By Ingenious Crew Move
Somali pirates attempted to grab a French tanker yesterday, and failed--after the crew locked themselves in the control room. Unable to take over the ...
Somali pirates attempted to grab a French tanker yesterday, and failed--after the crew locked themselves in the control room. Unable to take over the ...
William Dietrich | Posted 05.25.2011
What Somali pirates ultimately need is a realistic alternative. In the 19th Century, Europeans "nation-built" through colonization. In the 21st Century, a new means has to be found to save states like Somalia.
AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.25.2011
NAIROBI, Kenya — In the first killing of its kind, private security contractors shot dead a Somali pirate in a clash that left two skiffs riddle...
GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011
NORTHWOOD, U.K. -- Almost every day now come reminders of why the European Union made a landmark decision a year ago that Somali piracy was a problem ...
AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Using machetes and guns, the men fought a desperate battle to take control of two boats off the Somali coast. But this time...
ITAR-TASS | Posted 05.25.2011
SOCHI, July 14 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for creating an international court to try sea pirates and assured that Russ...
BBC | Posted 05.25.2011
As he looked at the radar screen Captain Andrey Nozhkin immediately feared the worst. A small vessel was closing fast from the stern....
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — A Somali teenager accused of leading a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the coast of Africa pleaded not guilty Thursday to...
Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011
Somali pirates might be allowing themselves to be deliberately captured in order to take advantage of European asylum laws, Dutch legal experts have w...
AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A team of specialized American sailors apprehended 17 suspected pirates who attacked an Egyptian merchant ship in ...
Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011
Somalia's fishermen have formed sea-going vigilante teams to fight back against pirates who are hijacking their boats, it was reported on Tuesday....
AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 05.25.2011
BRUSSELS — Somalia's foreign minister urged the international community Wednesday to help its fledgling government set up a coast guard to fight...
AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED | Posted 05.25.2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At home in central Somalia, Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse studied English, frequented a dusty, outdoor cinema after school where ...
WardHeerNews | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The captured Somali pirate who held a merchant ship captain hostage will be brought to New York to face trial, a U.S. official said...
BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011
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....
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somalia's prime minister says his government has identified many pirate leaders but needs more resources and the help of other ...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
The International Maritime Bureau says 260 crew on 14 hijacked ships are being held off the coast of Somalia, not including the U.S.-flagged ship seiz...
AP | JAN. M. OLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Somali pirates have released a Danish cargo ship and its mainly Russian crew after a ransom payment was parachuted to the ...
AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.25.2011
UNITED NATIONS — On the same day Somali gunmen seized two more ships, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize nations t...
CNN | Mike Steere for CNN | Posted 05.25.2011
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Violent and predatory pirates are "totally out of control" according to experts; but what can be done to solve the problem? ...
User Submitted | May 24, 2010 12:00 PM CDT | Posted 05.25.2011