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 Yemeni Forces 
 Free Tanker, 
 Nab 11 Pirates 

Three marines wounded in gunfire

Apr 27, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yemeni forces freed a hijacked Yemeni oil tanker and arrested 11 Somali pirates yesterday, the AP reports, with the country's coast guard exchanging gunfire with the pirates and taking control of the vessel Qana. Three marines were wounded, CNN adds. The tanker had been hijacked earlier in the day while... More »

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Yemen • rescue • pirates • hijacking • oil tanker

Italian Cruise Ship Shoots Back at Pirates, Foils Attack

Captain's use force wards off buccaneers

Apr 26, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 passengers survived a pirate attack yesterday when the ship's captain ordered his security crew to fire back, CNN reports. The six armed men fled in their speedboat after drawing fire from the Melody, which was sailing off the coast of Somalia on the... More »

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Somalia • Italy • attack • cruise ships • pirates

 Pirates Seize German Ship 


Apr 25, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Hijackers seized a German-owned ship in the pirate-infested waters between Somalia and Yemen today, a US Navy spokesman said. Pirates captured the Maltese-flagged MV Patriot in the Gulf of Aden about 150 nautical miles southeast of the Yemeni coastal city of Muqalla. An official from the German Foreign Ministry could... More »

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Somalia • ship • German • pirates • US Navy

 Captain: 'I Didn't Think I'd 
 Ever Get Out of That Boat' 

Capt. Richard Phillips credits Navy

Apr 25, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capt. Richard Phillips thought he'd never escape the Somali pirates holding him hostage, MSNBC reports. “I didn't think I'd ever get out of that boat," Phillips tells Matt Lauer in a Today Show interview airing Tuesday. He had resigned himself for the worst. “It was just settling... More »

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Somalia • Matt Lauer • Vermont • pirates • Navy SEALs • Today show • Richard Phillips

Maersk's First Mate Rips Limbaugh for Race-Baiting

Ship's second-in-command labels Limbaugh a purveyor of 'hate speech'

Apr 25, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The second-in-command who helped thwart a pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama has laid into Rush Limbaugh for playing up the drama's racial aspect. Shane Murphy says Limbaugh, who sneered that a Republican president would have been in hot water for ordering the shooting of "black teenagers on the... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • pirates • Maersk Alabama • Shane Murphy

Aargh! Buccaneer High on the Pirate Life

Fisherman turned bandit after foreigners plundered ocean

Apr 22, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pirating life isn’t easy, but the rewards are many and some Somalis see the bandits as heroes, one buccaneer tells the BBC. The man, 25, says he used to be a fisherman, but he signed up with the hijackers after "illegal fishing and dumping of toxic wastes... More »

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Somalia • piracy • fishing • shipping • pirates

(AP) - The sole surviving pirate from an attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast will be tried as an adult after he was portrayed today as the brazen ringleader of a band of pirates who shot at the ship's captain and bragged about prior acts of piracy. The... More »

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Somalia • pirates • Maersk Alabama • Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse

 Mom: Captured 
 Pirate Was Duped 

She says he may have needed money

Apr 21, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - He’s at the center of the first piracy trial the US has seen in more than a century, but Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse’s mother says he’s a victim. “He was brainwashed,” she tells the AP. “People who are older than him duped him.” Muse,... More »

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Somalia • piracy • pirates • hostage • Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse

 Nabbed Pirate 
 Arrives in NY 

Teen hauled to New York as mom appeals for clemency

Apr 21, 09 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The only pirate to survive the attempted hijacking of the Maersk Alabama has arrived in New York to face charges, the New York Daily News reports. Abduhl Wali-i-Musi, manacled and flanked by a dozen agents, smiled for photographers as he was led into FBI headquarters in Manhattan. Investigators have determined... More »

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Somalia • piracy • pirates • Abduhl Wali-i-Musi

Somali Pirates Release Togo Ship, Score
$100K Ransom

Tanker was to deliver food aid to Somalia

Apr 20, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates have released a Togo-flagged cargo ship that was to deliver food aid to their own country, the BBC reports, but only after securing a ransom rumored to be $100,000. “Somali traders were involved in the release,” a pirate source told Reuters. They paid “not... More »

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Somalia • release • pirates • ransom • cargo ships • food aid • Togo

 NATO Thwarts 
 Pirate Attack on 
 Norwegian Ship 

7-hour ordeal highlights difficulty in bringing pirates to justice

Apr 19, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO forces prevented Somali pirates from capturing a Norwegian tanker during a dramatic 7-hour battle, USA Today reports. Seven pirates attacked the ship but backed off after crewmembers fired warning shots at their skiff. NATO troops were forced to release the pirates after seizing their weapons because of legal and... More »

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Somalia • NATO • pirates

 Ron Paul's 
 Pirate Solution: 
 Bounty Hunters 

Constitution says US can hire mercenaries to patrol high seas

Apr 19, 09 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas Congressman Ron Paul looked to the history books for a solution to America’s pirate woes—and he says the government should put bounty hunters on the job, the Los Angeles Times reports. The idea has momentum in Congress, unlike some other notions suggested by the former presidential candidate.... More »

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Congress • Ron Paul • Constitution • pirates • bounty hunter

Dutch Forces Free 20 Pirate Hostages, Let Pirates Go 

Somali pirates forced Yemeni captives to turn fishing boat into pirate mother ship

Apr 18, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch commandos freed 20 hostages in a raid on a pirate "mother ship" today, Reuters reports. The captives, Yemeni fisherman, had been forced to sail their vessel after it was hijacked by pirates for use in support of attacks in the Gulf of Aden. Seven pirates were briefly... More »

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NATO • piracy • Netherlands • pirates • Gulf of Aden

(AP) - Shipping captain Richard Phillips is back in his home state, a week and a half after being taken hostage by pirates. The plane carrying Phillips, who was rescued by Navy SEAL snipers, landed in Burlington, Vt., late this afternoon. "I'm not a hero," Phillips, from nearby Underhill,... More »

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Somalia • Vermont • pirates • homecoming • Maersk Alabama • Richard Phillips

 Captured Pirate to 
 Face Trial in US 

Maersk captain on his way back to Vermont

Apr 17, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The only surviving pirate from the gang that attacked the Maersk Alabama will be put on trial in New York, authorities tell CBS News. The pirate—identified as Abdulwali Muse, 19—is believed to have been the ringleader. Muse, whose three cohorts were killed by Navy snipers, is likely to... More »

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piracy • trial • pirates • Maersk Alabama • Richard Phillips • Abulwali Muse

New Sniper Rifles Boost Range, Accuracy

Pirate standoff calls attention to classified Pentagon project

Apr 16, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The M107 sniper rifle is enjoying its pirate-fueled moment in the sun, but don't get used to it: Firearms being developed in a super-secret Pentagon program will extend snipers' range from 800 or so meters to more than 2,000 without losing accuracy, Time reports. What's more, bullets created... More »

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military • Pentagon • US Army • pirates • US Navy • weapons • sniper • defense contractors • sharpshooter

 Capt. Phillips 
 Returns to Land 

Arrives in Kenya where plane will take him home

Apr 16, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(AP) - The US sea captain held hostage for five days by Somali pirates reached land today, with the destroyer that rescued him docking to the strains of "Sweet Home Alabama," hours after his crew reunited with their families back home. Capt. Richard Phillips arrived in Mombasa harbor aboard the... More »

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Somalia • Kenya • pirates • hostage • homecoming • Richard Phillips

 Maersk Crew Comes Home 

Seaman who thwarted pirates get hero's welcome back on US soil

Apr 16, 09 1:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American sailors who thwarted a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia have arrived home to a hero's welcome, reports the AP. Dozens of family members erupted in cheers and applause as the 19 crew members from the Maersk Alabama stepped off a charter flight from Kenya at Andrews... More »

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piracy • shipping • pirates • Maersk Alabama • Richard Phillips • Andrews Air Force Base

 US Going After Pirates' Loot 

Clinton announces plans for 'War on Piracy'

Apr 15, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton plans to go after pirates' bounty as part of a multi-pronged effort to tackle piracy, USA Today reports. The secretary of state said finding and freezing the pirates' assets and property will make it tougher for them to collect their ransoms and buy new ships and surveillance systems.... More »

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Somalia • Hillary Clinton • piracy • shipping • pirates

(AP) - French forces launched an attack on a 30-foot-long pirate "mother ship" early today, detaining 11 pirates and thwarting a pirate attack on a Liberian-registered vessel, the AP reports. The pirates are being held aboard the Nivose, a French frigate taking part in a European mission to protect shipping in... More »

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Somalia • France • pirates

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