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News Source: United Press International
| 10 months ago
Somali pirates have released a cargo ship loaded with wheat they commandeered nearly two months ago, authorities said Saturday. The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, said the vessel MV Delight's 25-member crew, which included seven Filipinos,...
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News Source: Sudan Tribune
| 10 months ago
The United States called to join a new international naval force to battle pirates off the Somali coast saying the military coalition will be under the American command. Some 23 countries will contribute to the force, according to the US Fifth Fleet,...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 10 months ago
The pirates had set free Saudi supertanker Sirius Star, which was hijacked two months ago, in exchange for a reported $3 million ransom. The pirates' boat with eight people onboard capsized in a storm off the coast, leading to the five deaths, the...
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News Source: Al Jazeera
| 10 months ago
Six members of a group of Somali pirates who hijacked and later released a Saudi-owned oil tanker are reported to have drowned along with their share of a $3m ransom. The pirates were among eight men whose boat overturned off the coast of...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 10 months ago
Iranian media report Somali pirates have released an Iranian chartered cargo ship seized off the coast of Yemen in November. The reports published Saturday did not say if a ransom had been paid for the Hong Kong- flagged ship and its 25 member crew.
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News Source: Hindustan times
| 10 months ago
A Saudi oil tanker that was seized by Somali pirates in mid-November in the Indian Ocean has been released, officials and a member of the bandit group confirmed Friday. “We have released the ship along with the crewmembers. All our men are on land (...
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News Source: Dawn
| 10 months ago
The US Fifth Fleet announced the launch of a new international naval force to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean after a wave of hijackings off the coast of Somalia. The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) has established Combined...
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News Source: Qatar English Daily
| 10 months ago
Somali pirates freed a Saudi supertanker seized in the world's biggest ship hijacking for a $3m ransom yesterday. The capture of the Sirius Star and its $100m cargo of crude in November drew attention to a surge in piracy off Somalia that has...
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News Source: International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The brand new tanker, MV Sirius Star, was seized in the Indian Ocean November 15 with 25 crew members on board. In the past year there has been more than 100 piracy cases reported in the shipping lanes off Somalia. According to reports, the ship is...
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News Source: Radio Netherlands
| 10 months ago
Since December, the European Union has been operating an anti-piracy naval task force under British command, using warships and aircraft from several nations. Canada, India and China have also sent ships to patrol the troubled seas of the Gulf of...