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06.04.2009, 12:06

Somali pirates seize German container ship

Pirates have captured a German-owned ship 720 kilometers off the coast of Somalia. The container vessel ‘Hansa Stavanger’ has a crew of 24, including three Russians and two citizens of Ukraine.

Tanker Bow Asir (AFP Photo / Fred Vloo) 27.03.2009, 04:13

Somali pirates seize two European tankers

Somali pirates hijacked two European-owned chemical tankers on Wednesday and Thursday. Forty seven crew members, including two Russian nationals, were onboard the vessels that were seized off the coast of Somalia during

16.01.2009, 15:25

Somali pirates back from the future

Somali pirates have released a Danish vessel and its crew, which included eleven Russian citizens. The cargo ship, called CEC ‘Future’, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden in November of last year.

06.06.2009, 00:37 15 comments

China to execute more African drug dealers

Africans are learning the hard way that in China the consequences for drug smuggling are more grave than a stained criminal record or a long sentence behind bars. Drug smugglers face a life penalty, but not in prison.

06.05.2010, 15:55 15 comments

Pirate-captured tanker freed by Russian navy

The crew of a large Russian anti-submarine ship has freed an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday. All 23 Russian sailors from the hijacked vessel have escaped the incident unscathed.

Alleged hijackers of Arctic Sea under safe convoy at the Moscow airport of Chkalovsky 23.08.2009, 11:39 4 comments

Arctic Sea hijack suspects questioned in Moscow

The eight suspected hijackers of the ‘Arctic Sea’ cargo ship have been arrested and questioned by investigators in a high-security prison in Moscow this week.

19.11.2009, 15:00 5 comments

Somali pirates waste ransom money on weddings and orgies

The Somali pirates have spent the € 2.7 million they got for the liberation of the Alakrana trawler from the Spanish government on weddings and orgies.

28.09.2009, 08:32 4 comments

Modern piracy rooted in poverty and war

Pirates off the coast of Somalia are still a major threat to commercial shipping despite a large-scale international military effort to net them. Thirty-one international warships are now patrolling the Gulf of Aden.

03.11.2009, 11:34 4 comments

“Rendition is the CIA term for illegal kidnapping”

Following fresh speculation that the CIA is still running secret prisons, author and journalist Webster Tarpley shares some details on “rendition” activity in Ireland, Romania, Germany, Egypt and now the UK.

07.05.2010, 10:39 3 comments

Attackers of Russian tanker released in open sea

The Russian Navy has had to release 10 Somalis, captured earlier in an operation to rescue a seized tanker. There was no legal way to prosecute them for piracy.

US crew repels Somali pirates, captain remains hostage

Published: 09 April, 2009, 00:16


Somali pirate

The crew of a US-flagged cargo ship with 20 Americans onboard, hijacked earlier by Somali pirates, have retaken control of the vessel, the Associated Press reports.

 
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