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Magistrate to sentence suspected Somali pirates
The fate of seven suspected Somali pirates will be known today. The seven were arrested in October 2009 after they attempted to hijack a fishing trawler off the Gulf of Aden. Magistrate Joyce Gandani...
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Kenyan court sentences 7 Somali pirates to 20 years
MOMBASA, Kenya, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — A Kenyan court on Wednesday sentenced seven Somali pirates to 20 years each in prison for hijacking Sri-Lanka fishing trawler almost three years ago. The suspects –...
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Somali Pirates Are Getting Hit By The Financial Crisis
As the trade winds shift on the Indian Ocean and Force 7 gales kick up fierce swells, all but the hardiest of Somalia’s notorious pirates stay home with their boats pulled up on the beach. There have...
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For Somali pirates, July was a very bad month
As the trade winds shift on the Indian Ocean and Force 7 gales kick up fierce swells, all but the hardiest of Somalia’s notorious pirates stay home with their boats pulled up on the beach. There have...
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GERMAN FRIGATE FGS SACHSEN RELIEVES FGS BREMEN IN THE GULF OF ADEN
FGS Sachsen FGS Sachsen This week FGS Sachsen has taken up station patrolling the Gulf of Aden, under the command of the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR). She will shortly relieve fellow German...
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Five Somalis facing piracy charges
Any armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy After a federal appeals court ruled that an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one boards or robs the ship,...
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Suspected, terror pirated via Mauritius
RAHUL DATTA Pirates laundering ransom money through Mauritius route has alarmed security agencies which fear that even terrorist organisations are involved in this operation. Given the implication of...
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Crew of HMCS Charlottetown receives Active Endeavour medal
At the beginning of 2012, HMCS Charlottetown, together with HNMLS De Ruyter and FGS Rheinland Pfalz, formed the core element of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). Deployed in the Mediterranean...
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Chinese Navy Wraps Up First Bulgarian Port Visit
The missile frigate Yantai of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has wrapped up its first visit to Bulgaria. The first Chinese naval vessel to visit a Bulgarian port has left the...
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Two Pirated Dhows Freed in the Last Three Days
Boarding teams from HNLMS Rotterdam approach the pirated dhow Counter piracy forces from the EU Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) Operation Atalanta and NATO disrupted two pirated dhows and freed the...
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