According to Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, Japan is a pacifist nation, not allowed to have an army and only use force in case of self-defense. It's new antipiracy law, however, severely challenges the...
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Republican senator Ron Paul and security experts have a solution for the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia - letters of marque. Originally issued hundreds of years ago to privateers who would hunt pirates, security experts say it could be used to find and defend against...
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...
As the news of Somalian pirates hijacking two ships came today, the UN Security Council authorized member countries to conduct land and air attacks on pirate bases on the coast of the Horn of Africa country....
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There is a lot of money to be made in piracy, specifically when it comes to the hijacking of containers ships, oil ships and other vessels. According to an article published by Associated Press and its South...