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The most spectacular prize in maritime history was anchored off Somalia last night with a rag-tag army of pirates holding the world's largest oil producer to ransom.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An increasingly powerful Islamic insurgency is advancing toward Somalia's seaside capital, capturing town after town and seizing territory from the weak U.N.-backed government often without firing a shot....
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Islamic fighters have seized control of a strategic Somali port city just outside the capital, Mogadishu, where United Nations relief supplies enter the famine-stricken country.
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After taking Merka, the Islamists were planning to lay siege to Mogadishu, Somali officials warned.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A radical Islamic group seized another Somali port town Saturday, consolidating its control over a southwestern region that borders the Somali capital....
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The Saudi-owned ship was loaded with crude oil and its 25-member crew, the U.S. Navy said Monday. The pirates were taking the ship to Eyl, a Somali port that has become a haven for seized ships. It was the largest ship pirates have seized.
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Pirates in Somalia have released 15 Filipino seamen and four other crewmen seized when a chemical tanker was hijacked nearly two months ago, but are still holding 67 other Filipino sailors.
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The Somali pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian freighter may soon be getting their ransom.
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NATO has agreed to send a fleet of warships to patrol the coast of Somalia in an effort to deter pirates.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested international waters....
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NATO moves agianst Somali pirates
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"We are open for give-and-take negotiations," pirate spokesman said
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The hijacking drama may come to an end but the controversial booty may violate an agreement that ended the Sudanese civil war. Where will it end up?
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The mayor of Port Coquitlam will seek a councillor's seat in the upcoming municipal election despite being found guilty of assault.
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As the final stop on the subprime lending train, the Civil Court has become the 21st-century debtors’ court. Filings have nearly tripled since 2000.
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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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CNN's Becky Anderson speaks with Tim Irwin of the UNHCR about reports that smugglers forced refugees overboard.
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A kwaito treat awaits revellers this Saturday when Oskido jams for the first time at the Summer Pool Party.
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As the final stop on the subprime lending train, the Civil Court has become the 21st-century debtors’ court.
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Shrewsbury lose to Port Vale with a dramatic late goal in League Two.
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NATO defense ministers have agreed to send seven warships this month to help combat piracy off Somalia, as attacks on vessels in Horn of Africa waters spiral, an alliance spokesman said. "Ministers agreed that NATO should play a role. NATO
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Somali forces raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast Sunday as a deadline loomed in a standoff aboard another, arms-laden vessel, officials said.
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Somali forces raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast today as a deadline loomed in a standoff aboard another, arms-laden vessel, officials said.
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Woven Systems this week unveiled a 10Gbps top-of-rack Ethernet switch for data centers that costs $500 per port.
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THE army yesterday warned the Somali community living in Uganda to cooperate with security agencies to avert the looming terror attack.
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Oct 13 - In the lead-up to the third and final presidential debate, John McCain is hoping to change the direction of the presidential campaign
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A BLOWN truck turbo led to the closure of Dublin's port tunnel yesterday afternoon, causing traffic chaos across the city, writes Colin Bartley.
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Following requests from the ship`s owner
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If ransom not paid
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BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali security forces freed a Panamanian ship from pirates on Tuesday, officials said, two days after they killed one of the hijackers in a gun battle.
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At least 47 people have been killed in a series of violent incidents in Somalia, according to reports.
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Somali forces on Tuesday freed the 11-man crew of a hijacked ship and captured the 10 pirates who seized the vessel last week, according to the foreign minister for Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia.
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A man armed with a hunting knife is caught trying to enter the UK through the same Hampshire port twice in four days.
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Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid, and said Wednesday they are negotiating for its release.
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