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Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfire

Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfire

An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits.

 

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.

 

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