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More than 120 cases of pirate attacks against tankers and cargo ships occurred in the region last year. The US Navy will launch a multinational naval force next week to cope with pirates...
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- News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 11 months agoA Saudi supertanker seized by Somali pirates was released on Friday, nearly two months after the ship, the largest ever hijacked, was commandeered by the gang, according to media reports. The Sirius Star conducts a trial run off South Korea in this...
- News Source: BBC | 11 months agoThe Sirius Star was reportedly seen moving south-east away from the Somali coast. A pirate spokesman was quoted as saying the pirates had left the vessel. The ship and its crew have been held near the Somali coast during reported negotiations over a...
- News Source: CCTV | 11 months agoAs Chinese naval patrols are underway in the waters off Somalia, both officials and ordinary people in the war-torn east African country have expressed support for "the effort of a friendly nation" to curb the piracy menace in the Horn of Africa...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 11 months agoUS to head anti-pirate patrols off Somalia, Australian warship may join force January 08, 2009 08:01pm A US Navy commander is to lead a new international force to battle pirates off the coast of Somalia. More than 20 nations are expected to take...
- News Source: Taiwan News | 11 months agoTaipei, Jan. 8 (CNA) The Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has not authorized the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) to negotiate or accept an offer from China to protect Taiwanese ships in the Gulf of Aden, a senior MAC...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 11 months agoUS Navy Rear Admiral Terence McKnight has been named commander of the task force, which is expected to be "fully operational by the middle of January," according to the statement. CMF Commander US Vice Admiral Bill Gortney said in the statement that...
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 11 months agoA new international force to battle pirates off the Somali coast is being formed under American command in a bid to focus more military resources to protect one of the world's key shipping lanes, the U.S...But the new mission, expected to begin...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 11 months agoA senior official says Taiwan is considering sending a naval force to protect its fishing vessels against Somali pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa. Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Chao Chien-min said Thursday that the Taiwanese government...
- News Source: BBC | 11 months agoMore than 20 nations are expected to contribute to the force, due to be fully operational later in January. After more than 100 attacks last year, the International Maritime Bureau said increased naval patrols had reduced attacks in December last...
- News Source: Gulf News | 11 months agoThursday's comments by Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Chao Chien-min come amid rising concern over attacks by Somali-based pirates against foreign vessels, including those from Taiwan. Chao says that the Taiwanese government is currently...
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