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Portuguese warship foils Somalia pirate attack Lisbon (AFP) June 22, 2009 
A Portuguese frigate foiled a pirate attack on a container vessel in the Gulf of Aden Monday and captured eight pirates after firing shots at their boat, the armed forces command in Lisbon said. The eight were freed after consultation with the Portuguese government, in line with the procedure for warships serving under NATO command, but their weapons were confiscated, a military statement ... read moreJapan parliament expands Somalia anti-piracy mission 
Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2009Japan's parliament passed an anti-piracy law Friday that will allow the officially pacifist nation's military wider scope to use force and to protect foreign-flagged ships off Somalia. Japan in March joined the United States, China and more than 20 other countries in the maritime operation against pirates who have attacked ships in the Gulf of Aden, a key route leading to the Suez Canal. ... more
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Antiguan ship seized by pirates off Oman: NATO
Brussels (AFP) June 12, 2009A cargo vessel from Antigua and Barbuda has been seized by pirates off the coast of Oman, the first such attack in the area, a NATO spokesman told AFP on Friday. "I can confirm a ship, the MV Charelle, has been hijacked Friday afternoon inside Oman's territorial waters", said Commander Chris Davies, the bloc's maritime spokesman. "This is the first noted case of armed robbery in Oman's ... more US Navy says Red Sea could be new pirate hunting ground 
Manama (AFP) June 9, 2009The US Navy warned on Tuesday that the southern Red Sea was a potential new target area for attack by Somalia-based pirates threatening shipping in one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes. The Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet also said in an advisory aimed at helping ships tackle the threat that the May-September monsoon season was likely to disrupt pirate strikes, and that commercial ship ... more Libyan oil tanker thwarts pirates 
Tripoli (AFP) June 8, 2009Security forces aboard a Libyan oil tanker heading to China beat off an attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, an oil company official told AFP on Monday. "Pirates approached the vessel and began firing warning shots," said Tarek Youssef of the Libyan National Maritime Transport Company which leased the ship. "The captain refused to stop his ship and security members on board riposted ... more Indian navy staves off attack by Somali pirates 
Ljubljana (AFP) June 4, 2009The Indian navy on Thursday stopped Somali pirates from attacking a cargo ship registered in Slovenia, the Slovenian STA news agency reported, quoting state Radio Slovenija. The pirates on board three fast motorboats targetted the freighter Postojna, but fled after warning shots were fired from the Indian naval vessel escorting a convoy. Nobody was hurt in the incident, Radio Slovenija said. ... more |
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Russian navy hands Somali 'pirates' to Iran, Pakistan: report
Moscow (AFP) May 28, 2009Russian naval bosses said Thursday that pirates among 29 it captured on a so-called mother ship off Somalia have been handed over to Iranian and Pakistani investigators, news agencies reported. "At the start of May, after having conducted preliminary enquiries aboard the Admiral Panteleev (destroyer)... one group of pirates held were delivered to Iranian authorities and another to Pakistan," ... more Italian navy arrests nine Somali pirates: spokesman
Rome (AFP) May 22, 2009Italian navymen on Friday arrested nine Somali pirates who were trying to seize a Liberian-owned merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, a naval press spokesman said. "Today, around 0600 GMT, our Maestrale frigate received a distress call from a merchant ship, the Maria K, that had been attacked by a pirate boat, while it was less than 20 kilometres (12 miles) away" from the Italian vessel, he to ... more SKorean helicopter off Somalia to get anti-missile equipment 
Seoul (AFP) May 21, 2009A South Korean helicopter operating in Somali waters will be fitted with equipment to protect it from possible missile attacks by pirates, officials said Thursday. South Korea has dispatched a destroyer carrying a crew of 300 and a Lynx helicopter to join an international naval force off the east African nation. The helicopter has no proper anti-missile equipment, the Joint Chiefs of ... more Somalia appeals for coastguard to curb piracy
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 18, 2009Officials from Somalia on Monday appealed for international help to establish a coastguard, saying it was the key to eradicating rampant piracy off the country's shores. Deputy Prime Minister Abdirahman Aden Ibbi said in a speech to an international conference that foreign naval patrols alone would not wipe out pirates who are disrupting one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes. ... more |
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