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Bill allowing fishermen to hire armed guards clears first hurdle
Taipei :: Taiwan | 1 day ago
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Taipei, May 20 (CNA) The Legislature's Economics Committee passed a draft bill Monday that would allow Taiwanese fishermen to hire private armed security guards when operating in pirate-infested waters. Ship owners would be able to deploy armed
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The Somali pirates jailed in paradise
Victoria :: Seychelles | 3 days ago
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There are more than 1,000 convicted Somali pirates in prisons around the world. Some of them end up in a UN-funded jail on the tiny island nation of Seychelles. The Indian shopkeepers along the beach have never heard of the prison at Montagne Posee,
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Taking part in EU missions "leads to closer relations"
Belgrade :: MT :: USA | 7 days ago
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Foreign Minister Ivan Mrki has said the EU's invitation to Serbia to take part in its Mali mission opened "a new chapter" in the relations with the EU. (Beta, file) It meant "closer cooperation and partnership," he noted...Mrki addressed parliament
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Jessica Buchanan Describes Hostage Situation in Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
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Buchanan was working as an aid worker in war-torn Somalia when she was kidnapped in 2011...After being stationed in northern Somalia for some time, she was called to the more volatile southern portion, which is when the problems began. About 10
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Germany arrests alleged Somali pirate accountant
Berlin :: Germany | 9 days ago
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German police have arrested an asylum-seeker alleged to have acted as an accountant for Somali pirates who seized an oil tanker in 2010. Lower Saxony state police say the man, identified only by the initial 'M', was arrested Wednesday at a refugee
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No Concessions: The Project and the Conservative Film Industrial Complex
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 12 days ago
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Michael Zelenko Have you ever tasted ketchup that's gone bad?...Ketchup ferments, and although the effect isn't necessarily badif anything it's sweeterthere's an undeniable sensation of something not right, of something off. That's the same feeling I
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NZ frigate will help combat Gulf piracy (NZ Newswire)
Sydney :: Australia | 12 days ago
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NZ frigate will help combat Gulf piracy NZ Newswire May 10, 2013, 2:09 pm A navy frigate is again being sent to the Gulf of Aden to help combat piracy. Te Mana will join the international Combined Maritime Force (CMF) in November for a three-month
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Film review: A Hijacking (15)
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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This hostage drama from Denmark has the same DNA (Dark National Angst) as its television serials: it is complicated, it is intelligent, it is the very antithesis of Hollywood. A cargo vessel is hijacked in the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates, who use
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VIDEO: ‘Captain Phillips' Trailer: Tom Hanks Gets Hijacked by Somali Pirates
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 14 days ago
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Sony has released the first international trailer for the real-life saga of Captain Phillips. Starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum), Captain Phillips tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009
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Somalia: Conference Finds Funds for Stability
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 14 days ago
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The European Union has pledged 44 million euros ($58 million) toward building Somalia's justice system and police force. Delegates gathered in London Tuesday for a conference on the east African nation. With the pledge, the EU has given more than 1.2
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