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Dutch navy captures pirates after failed attack

Dutch navy captures pirates after failed attack

Dutch naval forces captured seven pirates and freed 20 captive fishermen after tracking the pirates to their "mother ship" in the western Gulf of Aden on Saturday, a NATO maritime spokesman said.

 

TV shows to track Somali pirates

New television programmes in the US and UK are to look at the threat of pirates off the east African coast.

 

Pirates Fail in Attack on U.S. Ship

Somali pirates failed to board the U.S. cargo ship Liberty Sun, but hijacked two other vessels and attacked another.

 

Somalia says: Let us handle the pirates

Somalia government leaders say they could deal more effectively and cheaply with the piracy problem off their shores if the international community would provide funding.

With foreign warships looming off its shores and a worldwide debate raging over how to defeat piracy, leaders in this seaside Somali capital say there's a solution that could be fast, simple and relatively cheap: the Somalis themselves.

 

Somali Pirates Vow Revenge After Captain Rescued

Somali Pirates Vow Revenge After Captain Rescued

Somali pirates on Monday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed a 53-year-old American captain.

 

Pirate had 'AK-47 leveled at the captain's back'

Pirate had 'AK-47 leveled at the captain's back'

The American captain of a cargo ship held hostage by pirates on a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia was rescued today by Navy SEALs. "We saw the captain was in imminent danger," a U.S. official said. The SEALs shot and killed three of his four captors, the official said. Capt.

 

Pirates seize tankers off Somalia

Pirates have seized two European-owned tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past day, Nato shipping officials say.

 

U.S. Navy, Russian Ships Seize 26 Pirates Off Somalia

U.S. Navy, Russian Ships Seize 26 Pirates Off Somalia

The U.S. Navy and Russian warships seized 26 pirates this week in the seas off the coast of Somalia, even as attacks by pirates increase with the return of good weather.

 

Somali pirates hijack German gas tanker, 13 crew

Somali pirates hijacked a German tanker loaded with liquefied petroleum gas Thursday off the Horn of Africa. The ship's 13-man ...

 

Somali pirates release Turkish ship: company source

Somali pirates release Turkish ship: company source

A Turkish chemical tanker hijacked off the coast of Yemen last year has been released by its Somali hijackers, a source from the company which owns the ship said on Tuesday.

 

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