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Somali pirates hijack three ships

New Delhi: Somali Pirates hijack three ships in the Gulf of Aden. Ending 2009 with a flurry of hijackings in one of the most profitable years to date, the Somali sea bandits' latest catch on Tuesday was the St...

24 Indians in pirates' captivity

Sea Pirates are back in action. After some month of silence, they captured 24 Indians at the cost of seychelles. Negotiations are on to free the Indians. "At least 24 Indian sailors, including the captain and chief officer of a Panama-registered vessel, were being held by...

Poll: Sexy reading makes women swoon

This is to be expected.  People enjoy reading about the livesof other people, books that are fiction but could actually happen."Give British women a romance novel or a novel with a little raunchy sex and...

Maersk Pirate has Arrived in New York

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, also known as Abduhl Wal-i-Musi , the only surviving teen accused of pirating of the merchant ship Maersk Alabama, arrived in New York last night to stand trial.  He will be the first...

Canadian Warship Foils Pirate Attack

A Canadian warship hunting pirates played a cat and mouse game with bandits who were attempting to attack a Norwegian tanker. After a seven hour pitch-black chase by the HMCS Winnipeg, the Canadians blocked the...

Dutch Navy raid pirate 'main' ship & release 20 captive

Reports are breaking within all the media ranks that the Dutch navy have attacked the 'main' ship used by the pirates who have been attacking commercial vessels. They captured 7 pirates but under Dutch law and...

Maersk Alabama Crew Returns Home

The crew of the hijacked cargo ship the Maersk Alabama arrived in Maryland from Kenya early this morning.  They had to fly home without their captain, who'd been held by pirates for five days last week....

Rush Limbaugh Attacks Obama over Pirate Shooting

While most are praising US President Obama for the way he handled this latest pirate attack, Rush Limbaugh has found yet another way to attack him.  He mockingly called the pirates "merchant marine organizers,"...

Pirates Hijack Four More Ships off Somalia Coast

UPDATE: Pirates have seized four more ships off the coast of Somalia. Maritime officials said the MV Irene EM, a 35,000-ton Greek-owned bulk carrier, was taken along with up to 23 Filipino crew members. A...

Celebs Sport Eye Patches in Solidarity with Pirates

More than 200 of the nation's most-famous people -- including actors, entertainers, musicians and politicians -- were spotted wearing eye patches last night at a $25,000-a-plate Hollywood fund-raising gala to...

‘LIVE RAID’ Concerts to Benefit Somali Pirates

Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates.In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for...

US Cargo Ship Maersk Alabama Crew Asks Obama To Hunt Pirates

The crew of the US cargo ship Maersk Alabama spoke to media and called on president Barack Obama to help end the Somali Pirate 'scourge'. The crew managed to fend off the hijackers but they escaped with the ship's...

Captured US Captain Foiled After Daring Escape Attempt

Ships from both the US navy and pirate reinforcements are racing for the location where a captured US ship captain is being held. Four pirates have been holding Capt. Richard Phillips in a drifting lifeboat off...

Pirates Hijack British-Owned Cargo Ship

Somali pirates are on the attack again, this time hijacking a British-owned cargo ship after days of plundering at sea. The 32,000-ton Malaspina Castle has a crew of 24 and is the fifth ship taken in the last two days."The 32,000-tonne Malaspina Castle, which flies a...

Giant server seized in raid on file-sharing site

One of the best known music sharing "services", The Pirate Bay, was amongst the catches today in Sweden: " STOCKHOLM - Police have made a major crackdown on illegal file-sharing by seizing a giant computer server during an apartment raid in a Stockholm suburb, an official...

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