Somalia
'US navy provoked yachtsmen death'
Mogadishu: The high-seas shoot-out that left four Americans dead after their yacht was hijacked in the Indian Ocean was provoked by the US navy's intervention, Somali pirates said on Wednesday.
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'4 Americans killed by Somali pirates'
Washington: Four Americans and two Somali pirates were killed on Tuesday during an attempt to free the US hostages from their yacht seized on the Indian Ocean, the US military said.
US forces, which
Pirates seize Italian oil tanker, mostly Indian crew
Rome: Pirates seized an Italian oil tanker on Tuesday with a crew of five Italians and 17 Indians east of the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, EU naval forces said.
The European Union's
Indian Navy detains 52 in pirate 'mothership' capture
Mumbai: The Indian navy and Coast Guard captured a suspected pirate 'mothership' and detained more than 50 people after a firefight on Sunday off southwestern India, the defence ministry said.
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'Somali pirates like life in S. Korea'
Seoul: Members of a Somali pirate gang forcibly taken to South Korea after a high-seas commando raid prefer the quality of their jailhouse accommodation to life back home, a report said Tuesday.
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Somalian pirates moving towards India, says Coast Guard
New Delhi: Somalian pirates have now started moving towards India and the Government was investigating if they have any links with Pakistan-based terror groups, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said here
Somalia in 20th year of war
Mogadishu, Somalia: Aweys Abdullahi Ali has never known a day of peace in Somalia. Gunmen have killed his mother, set his home on fire, driven away his friends. Ali, who is 20, sees no end to the viol
S. Korean freighter hijacked off Somalia
A South Korean cargo ship with 21 crew on board was hijacked by Somali pirates on Saturday, Seoul's Yonhap news agency said, quoting a diplomatic source.
S African police find weapons bound for Somalia
South African police say a shipment of guns bound for Somalia was moved from Durban's port into a house outside the city under mysterious circumstances.
The Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge said on Tuesday the police had been tracking the shipment and that four people were arrested on weapons charges last week after the guns were traced to the house.
Germany Somalia piracy shipping
The first pirate trial to take place in Germany for some 400 years opened Monday, with 10 Somali men in the dock accused of attempting to seize a German container ship in April.
