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The Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship Delight and 25 people aboard are captured, a day after suspected Somali pirates commandeered the Saudi-owned oil tanker Sirius Star. Reporting from Beirut Edmund Sanders and Nairobi, Kenya -- Pirates prowling the treacherous waters off the Horn of Africa hijacked another merchant ship Tuesday -- at least the second in four days -- amid growing international concern about a 21st century version of an ancient security threat.
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The Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship Delight and 25 people aboard are captured, just days after suspected Somali pirates commandeered the Saudi-owned oil tanker Sirius Star. Reporting from Beirut Edmund Sanders and Nairobi, Kenya -- Pirates prowling the treacherous waters off the Horn of Africa hijacked another merchant ship Tuesday -- at least the second in four days -- amid growing international concern about a 21st century version of an ancient security threat.
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The Somali pirates who hijacked a freighter full of weapons appeared to be backing down from earlier threats to blow up the ship if they were not paid a ransom.
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Armed pirates in speedboats have hijacked an Indian 'Dhow' with 13 crew members off the northern coast of Somalia.
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Pirates hijacked a Turkish ship with 20 crew off the coast of Somalia but at least six other ships have fended off pirate attacks in the last two days, officials said Thursday.
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Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a shipping zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily, the US Navy said.
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Without more protection ship owners will be forced to take longer routes.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel, a Yemen cargo ship, in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official said on Tuesday.
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Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni vessel, the MV Amani, in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. This comes on the heels of an inundation of Somali attacks on pirate ships, some of which have included ransom demands.
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Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members on board Friday, and three British security guards were rescued by helicopter after jumping into the sea, officials said.
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Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker today with two British security guards and dozens of Indian crew members on board, two diplomatic sources said.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and a NATO helicopter gunship, too late to prevent the hijacking, picked up three security guards who jumped into the sea....
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Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members on board Friday, and three British security guards were rescued by helicopter after jumping into the sea, officials said.
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Somali pirates seized a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and a NATO helicopter gunship, too late to prevent the hijacking, picked up three security guards who jumped into the sea.
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Somali pirates hijack tanker with Indian crew, British guards jump into sea.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The luxury American cruise ship teeming with hundreds of tourists just might have been too much for the Somali pirates to resist....
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Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board, but failed in their attempt to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pirates boarded a Chinese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia but failed to hijack the vessel Wednesday, thanks to quick action by a naval force patrolling the area, a maritime official said....
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The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum today and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said.
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Hijackers say ransom must be paid in three days or they'll destroy M/V Faina.
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Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom.
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Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said....
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Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers today headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said.
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