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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Tanker Owner Recounts Pirate Drama

Seizure of ship by Somali pirates started 56 days of negotiations

Jan 31, 09 5:08 AM CST
(Newser) - It took 56 days of tense negotiations to free the MV Biscaglia and its 28 crew members from the clutches of Somali pirates, shipping exec George Christodolou tells the Wall Street Journal. After the vessel was seized in the Gulf of Aden, Christodolou had to scramble to gain the pirates'... More »

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Somalia • piracy • negotiation • shipping • pirates • Gulf of Aden

Somali Pirates Hijack Another Tanker, Crew of 13

Dozen crew members include Filipinos and an Indonesian

Jan 29, 09 7:49 AM CST
(AP) - Somali pirates have hijacked a tanker and its crew of 12 Filipinos and one Indonesian. The cargo the Longchamp is carrying is unknown. Though the Gulf of Aden is now patrolled by more than a dozen warships from countries including Britain, France, Germany, Iran, and the US, they were not... More »

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Somalia • Indonesia • piracy • Philippines • shipping • pirates • Gulf of Aden • Longchamp

UK Journo Recounts 40
Days With Somali Captors

40 uncertain days spent in caves, mountains

Jan 11, 09 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - On assignment covering Somali pirates, Daily Telegraph reporter Colin Freeman and his photographer were kidnapped by their own bodyguards and carted off to a barren mountain range. For 40 days, Freeman clung to his good humor as he tried to befriend his mercurial captors. “The more you come across... More »

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5 Somali Pirates Drown With Ransom Share

Tanker released after $3M airdrop, but pirate boat flips in storm

Jan 10, 09 7:40 AM CST
(AP) - Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker yesterday drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, the AP reports. The boat, with eight people on board, overturned in a storm; three people reached shore after swimming for several... More »

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Somalia • piracy • drowning • pirates • ransom

Pirates Free Saudi Tanker,
Get $3M Ransom

Ship headed to safety after November capture

Jan 9, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - A Saudi tanker taken by Somali pirates in November has been freed after a $3 million ransom was paid, a pirate negotiator said. Pirates have left the ship, which is now headed to safety. The Sirius Star, which carried 2 million oil barrels and 25 crew members, was the largest... More »

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Somalia • Saudi Arabia • piracy • fuel tankers • release • pirates • ransom • Sirius Star

 French Frigate Foils Attack, 
 Captures Pirates 

Nabs dastardly robbers

Jan 2, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A French warship nabbed a boat full of pirates in the Gulf of Aden today, responding to a distress call from a Panamanian vessel, Reuters reports. The pirates fled when they saw the French ship approach, but they later returned to try their luck with the ship again, and the... More »

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Somalia • France • piracy • French warships • pirates

(Newser) - China's decision to flex its burgeoning naval muscles by sending two warships to patrol Somalia's pirate-infested waters has been met with equal parts thanks and worry from the international community, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The mission is China’s first outside of its own waters, and many are wondering... More »

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China • Somalia • India • Japan • Taiwan • pirates • Gulf of Aden • Chinese navy • naval power

Chinese Set Sail to Join Fight Against Piracy

First time warships
have left home
waters in centuries

Dec 26, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Chinese warships are leaving home waters today for the first time in centuries, heading to the Gulf of Aden on an anti-piracy mission, CNN reports. Two destroyers and a supply ship are setting out to protect Chinese vessels in response to soaring pirate attacks off Somalia. The warships will join... More »

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China • piracy • pirates • Gulf of Aden • Chinese navy

 Pirate Hostages Brace 
 for Christmas at Sea 

More than 260 remain off Somalia's coast in 14 hijacked vessels

Dec 24, 08 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - More than 260 hostages will spend Christmas with pirates off Somalia’s coast, CNN reports. At least 14 vessels remain in pirate custody as a tumultuous year—with nearly 100 attacks on cargo ships, oil tankers, and yachts—nears its end. The EU, China, and Iran have stationed naval vessels... More »

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China • Iran • Somalia • European Union • Christmas • pirates • hostage • Gulf of Aden

 China May Launch Pirate Patrol 

Officials weigh Chinese naval mission in 500 years

Dec 18, 08 2:09 AM CST
(Newser) - China is poised to embark on its first naval combat mission in 500 years—to take on pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports the Financial Times. Any patrols launched would be closely monitored by the US, Russian and British navies, concerned about China's growing  military power.  More »

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China • Somalia • Japan • European Union • pirates • US Navy • Chinese navy • Chinese military • Ministry of National Defence • Russian Navy • Zheng He

Pirates Step Up Attacks After UN OKs More Force

Security Council says foreign forces can pursue Somali miscreants onto land

Dec 17, 08 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Pirates attacked more vessels off the coast of Somalia today despite a UN Security Council decision green-lighting foreign military forces to pursue them on land, reports the BBC. Four ships were attacked, and three—a tugboat, merchant ship, and private yacht—were being held by the pirates. A Chinese ship... More »

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China • Somalia • Russia • pirates • UN Security Council • Ban Ki-Moon

Indian Navy Seizes 23
Pirates, Arms, and Ammo

Pirates off Somali coast have grown brazen, upped attacks

Dec 13, 08 5:08 PM CST
(Newser) - The Indian navy has arrested 23 Somali and Yemeni pirates who tried to capture an Ethiopian merchant vessel off the Somali coast, CNN reports. Officials, whose helicopter sent the pirates scurrying for cover today, also recovered seven AK-47 automatic rifles, rockets, grenade launchers, and a GPS receiver. Pirates have attacked... More »

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Somalia • India • pirates • Gulf of Aden

OPINION

Tired of Pirate Attacks?
Time to Call Blackwater

US forces aren't coming, Shippers need to hire their own army

Dec 11, 08 6:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Somali hijackers have free rein around the Horn of Africa, and neither the US nor any other nation has a prayer of stopping them with their ineffectual patrols. What to do? Call in the troops—or, more precisely, the fomer troops, writes Peter Hannaford in the American Spectator. Namely,... More »

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Somalia • Blackwater • GPS • pirates • Navy SEALs • security contractors • AK-47

Cruise-Ship Outfit Flies Passengers Around Pirates

Liner picks them up in Oman to continue month-long journey

Dec 9, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Passengers will evacuate a German cruise liner and fly over the troubled waters off Somalia’s pirate-infested coast to avoid being the next victims of a maritime attack, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Hapag-Lloyd ship, slated to reach Yemen today, will travel empty through the Gulf of Aden and... More »

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Somalia • Germany • Dubai • cruise ships • pirates • Gulf of Aden

Analysis

 Somali Pirates Arrrr... 
 Our Future Heroes? 

Piracy is back

Dec 6, 08 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - They may not wear eye patches or cry “Arrr!” but make no mistake, Somali pirates are successors of the 17-century villains we romanticize today, David Montgomery writes in the Washington Post. Pirates inspire “awe and a little bit of envy at authentic roguish derring-do," ... More »

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Danish Navy Rescues Drifting Probable Pirates

Somalis had weapons on board; men handed to Yemeni coast guard

Dec 5, 08 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Danish sailors sent to the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy found themselves instead rescuing a group of hungry Somali men in a broken speedboat filled with grenades and AK-47s. The navy ship, which had been patrolling the area as part of an international anti-piracy effort, confiscated the weapons and... More »

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Somalia • Yemen • Denmark • pirates • warship • Gulf of Aden

OPINION

 Hit Pirates With 
 Somalia Blockade 

Policing them where they hold their prey is more effective than ocean patrols

Dec 4, 08 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The Somali pirates terrorizing shipping lanes are clever, Peter Fromuth writes in the Washington Post, but their biggest advantages are those pirates have enjoyed throughout history: “big seas, many prey, and few protectors.” There are too many targets for warships to mount effective patrols on open waters. Instead,... More »

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Somalia • Africa • United Nations • ocean • piracy • Mogadishu • port • pirates • cargo ships • naval blockade

Pirates Made Big Noise, Few Waves: Cruise Passengers

Passengers say they felt little in danger as ship outran attackers off Somalia

Dec 3, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Sunday’s pirate attack lasted only about 5 minutes, but left an impression on passengers of the M/S Nautica. “We didn’t think they would be cheeky enough to attack a cruise ship,” one New Zealander traveling aboard the luxury liner tells the AP today. “I couldn’... More »

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Somalia • piracy • Yemen • cruise ships • pirates • Gulf of Aden

 Cruise Ship Escapes Pirates 

Shots fired, but boat carrying 1000 steers to safety

Dec 2, 08 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A cruise ship carrying 1000 people was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, but made it to its destination safely, the Times of London reports. A pair of small boats carrying a few pirates each approached the Nautica and fired eight shots, but a crew member had spotted... More »

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Reporter's Preteen Daughter Gets Pirates to Talk  

Crew being treated well: pirates, captain

Nov 29, 08 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - After a BBC reporter failed to get Somali pirates on the phone, her 12-year-old daughter begged for a chance to call them. "Mummy, mummy," she said from the back seat of their car. "I want to phone the pirates." At the end of her rope, the... More »

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Somalia • Saudi Arabia • piracy • reporter • pirates • Sirius Star

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