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Pirates Cut Saudi Tanker Ransom to $15M

Discount from $25M after biggest maritime hijacking in history

Reuters Reuters Nov 24, 08 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - After the biggest hijacking in maritime history, Somali pirates have cut their ransom demand for a Saudi supertanker from $25 million to $15 million, Reuters reports. The Sirius Star, carrying $100 million in oil and 25 international crew members, was nabbed southeast of Kenya and has been moved to 62 miles off central Somalia after an Islamist militia declared its intention to confront the pirates. More »

More about:  Somalia • piracy • pirates • militia • Islamist • ransom • hijacking • Horn of Africa

 Somali Pirates Could  
 Grinch Your Christmas 

Shipping companies may eschew Suez Canal for longer routes, meaning delays

Reuters Reuters Nov 14, 08 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Attacks by Somali pirates have major shippers considering changing routes that run through the Suez Canal, Reuters reports, a move would add weeks to the time it takes ships to get to Europe from Asia and the Middle East. “It will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven't got their Nintendo gifts this Christmas,” a trade-group rep said. More »

More about:  Somalia • pirates • international trade • Horn of Africa • Gulf of Aden • Suez canal

UN Boosts Members' Powers to Fight Africa Piracy

Navy vessels can follow hijackers into Somali waters

CNN CNN Jun 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - With piracy a growing problem off the Horn of Africa, the UN will allow its members to combat pirates using “all necessary means,” including chasing them into Somali waters, CNN reports. Somalia’s transitional government supports the move. More than two dozen pirate attacks have been reported in the area in 2008, including nine successful hijackings. More »

More about:  United Nations • Somalia • piracy • pirates • Security Council • UN Security Council • Horn of Africa

US Airstrike
Kills al-Qaeda Boss in Somalia

Ayro led Iraq-style insurgency; at least 12 others dead

Reuters Reuters May 1, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - American war planes killed more than a dozen people in a town in the west of Somalia today, including one said to be the leader of that country's branch of al-Qaeda. Reuters reports that the airstrike on a band of Somali insurgents killed Aden Hashi Ayro, whose militants are blamed for an Iraq-style insurgency, complete with unprecedented suicide bombings, against the Somali military and its Ethiopian allies. More »

More about:  al-Qaeda • Africa • Somalia • Ethiopia • Horn of Africa • Council of Islamic Courts

US Pursues Hijacked Ship in Somali Waters

Pirates take Japanese cargo vessel loaded with benzene

CNN CNN Oct 30, 07 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US warship is hot on the trail of a Japanese cargo vessel hijacked by pirates off Somalia. USS Porter sank pirate skiffs that had been tied to the Golden Mori when it sent distress signals Sunday. But after the bombardment, authorities learned that the Panamanian-flagged Mori contains benzene, a highly flammable, carcinogenic substance used to make plastic, reports CNN. More »

More about:  Somalia • piracy • Navy • Horn of Africa

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