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2 hrs ago | BBC

Security concerns over pirate attacks

It has been a week since Somali pirates announced that they had taken a British couple hostage in the Indian Ocean.

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10 hrs ago | The Cyprus Weekly

Spain refuses to release pirates...

Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by their fellow hijackers who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia.

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14 hrs ago | Palm Beach Daily News

Cruise lines adapt to avoid pirate attacks off Africa

The MSC Melody survived a Somali pirate attack earlier this year off Africa with the help of an on-board Israeli security team that exchanged fire with the attackers.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy

19 hrs ago | South China Morning Post

Beijing hosts meeting on Somalia piracy

Beijing on Friday opened a two-day international conference on efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates, the defence ministry said.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Somalia: Somali 'Pirates' Fight Over British Couple

Rival pirate groups have reportedly fought over the custody of old British couple who were kidnapped nearly two weeks ago off the coast of East Africa and currently held near a Somali coastal town.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Japan Herald

Antony to leave for Japan on Nov. 7

Japan Herald Friday 6th November, 2009 New Delhi, Nov 6 : Defence Minister AK Antony will be leaving for Japan on Saturday on an official visit at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa to review the on-going defence related interactions between both the countries and to explore ways to enhance such exchanges to the mutual ...

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Related Topix: India,

Reuters

Somalis hijack grain ship, take Spaniards hostage

Somali pirates seized a Greek-owned vessel full of wheat in the Indian Ocean on Thursday and threatened to hand three Spanish captives to the families of two suspected gunmen being held in Spain.

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Related Topix: World News, Kenya

CBC

Somalian pirates threaten to kill hostages

Somalian pirates have threatened to kill three crew members taken hostage from a Spanish fishing vessel if two suspected pirates held in Spain are not freed, the captain of the captured vessel said Friday.

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Stabroek News

Fishermen missing after pirate attack

A search has been launched for two East Coast Demerara fishermen who are missing after two Guyanese fishing boats were attacked by pirates in Suriname waters around 7 pm on Wednesday, the pirates taking the two men hostage while escaping.

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Related Topix: Guyana, World News

Thu Nov 05, 2009

People's Daily Online

Navies seek better ways to fight pirates

With negotiators continuing to seek the release of 25 Chinese sailors held hostage by Somali pirates, China is today hosting representatives from many of the world's navies in the hope of better coordinating anti-piracy efforts off Africa.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), World News

Examiner.com

Somali pirates continue reign of terror

Somali pirates announced on Saturday that a British couple taken hostage in the Indian Ocean have been transferred from the attackers' ship into central Somalia after a rift between two competing pirate gangs.

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Related Topix: Somalia, World News, Africa, Terrorism

KXMA-TV Dickinson

43 Somalis rescued by EU warship handed to UNHCR

The EU Naval Force says it has handed over 43 Somalis abandoned at sea by their human smugglers to the United Nations refugee agency in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.

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KOKI

Spanish hostages' wives: Three crew ...

Separately, pirates on Thursday captured a Greek-owned bulk carrier with 21 crew on board, according to an EU naval force fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean.

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Related Topix: Kenya, World News

The Courier Mail

Pirates capture Greek cargo ship

PIRATES have seized a Greek cargo ship with its Ukrainian and Philippine crew off the east African country of Tanzania.

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Related Topix: Kenya, World News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Media Blog

Re: Scandal Watch: New York Times -- By: Greg Pollowitz

The New York Times answers mil-blogger Michael Yon's allegations that they paid "millions" for the release of their reporter David Rohde and that the Times 's reporting is putting the British hostages in Somalia at risk: Several Web sites repeated Monday erroneous allegations that The New York Times had paid a ransom in the case of its reporter ...

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Independent Online

Spanish tuna boat escapes pirate attack

A Spanish tuna trawler was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia but was able to escape, its captain said Saturday, amid a wave of raids on fishing boats.

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hosted Christian Science Monitor | Christian Science Monitor

Are Somalia's pirates linked to Al Qaeda?

A British couple, captured last week by Somali pirates aboard their yacht near the Seychelles Islands, have been taken ashore and moved inland into Somali territory, making a rescue by foreign navies in the region more difficult.

Now the waiting, and the negotiation, begins. Ransom demands have dropped from a reported $7 million to around $150,000, apparently because the pirates have realized how little money Paul and Rachel Chandler actually have. Some pirates, not necessarily speaking on behalf of this particular pirate gang, have suggested that the Chandlers be exchanged for seven Somali pirates detained by foreign naval forces operating off the coast of Somalia.

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Related Topix: Somalia, World News, Africa

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Peninsula

Somali mobile phone firms thriving despite chaos

MOGADISHU: Somalia's mobile phone business is booming despite the almost daily artillery fire that flies over expensive satellite dishes and the violence that has brought misery to the population of the Horn of Africa nation.

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Related Topix: Somalia, Africa, World News, Business News

The Cyprus Weekly

Norwegian ship clashes with pirates...

The European Union's anti-piracy force says a Norwegian warship has clashed with suspected Somali pirates.

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Irish Examiner

Pirates may free kidnapped couple for a 111k ransom

KIDNAPPED Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler might be freed for much less than the seven million-dollar ransom demand, a hostage negotiator said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Kent County, England, East Sussex County, England, United Kingdom

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