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Friday, April 10, 2009

Pirate standoff


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pirate standoff

By Andrew Cawthorne. NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates have captured their first American hostage, a cargo ship's captain. They and their prisoner are drifting on a lifeboat
JOHANNESBURG â€" They may be cornered by high-tech U.S. destroyers and cruisers â€"lethal warships flying the flag of the mightiest navy in the world. But the sandaled pirates who
On Friday, Somali pirates have recaptured American ship captain Richard Phillips after he jumped from a lifeboat and tried to swim to nearby U.S. Navy ship.
MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) - The US military on Thursday said it was sending in more ships to the scene of a stand-off with Somalia pirates holding an American hostage on a lifeboat in
Perhaps the major reason it has been 200 years since pirates dared challenge the United State of America on the high seas was the decisive action taken by Thomas Jefferson (the
Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama is being held by pirates on a lifeboat off Somalia.
Negotiations are continui ng for the release of an American captain held by Somali pirates in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa.
Day three (or four, depending on which time zone you are in) of the tense international pirate standoff off Somalia is bananas! They have been sitting on a hijacked ship of
guardian.co.uk FBI Joins US Navy In Pirate StandoffWashington PostThe shipping company Maersk is focused on the safe return of Capt. Richard Phillips, who was abducted by Somali
p>A group of Somali pirates who have hijacked a tanker loaded with military supplies say they will fight to the death before giving in to Russian and US authorities.</p>


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