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[Breaking News] Nations pledge funds, build momentum at UN in Somali piracy fight: Philippines offers training for Somali coast guardMANILA, Philippines ”” The Philippine president offered her country's help in training the Somali coast guard, saying Tuesday she fears another surge in pirate attacks off Somalia that have targeted ships with hundreds of Filipino crew. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who was attending the African Union summit in Libya, expressed fear that pirate attacks will pick up as the East African monsoon was about to end.

[Hunt of the Sea Wolves] Hunt of the Sea Wolves » Blog Archive » First pirate attack in ...: A traditional wooden ship with Indian crew sailing from the United Arab Emirates toward Bahrain was the target of the first act of sea piracy reported in Persian Gulf waters in years, according to details of the attack that emerged on Sunday.

[Breaking News] US signing anti-piracy agreement at UN to help lead protection of ...: World pirate attacks soar in first quarterKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ”” Sea attacks worldwide nearly doubled in the first three months of 2009, mainly due to increased pirate raids on vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the east coast of Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Tuesday. The number of attacks surged to 102 in the first quarter compared to 53 incidents in the same period a year ago, and marked a 20 percent increase from the previous quarter, said the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur.

[Local News Provider - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad] Pirates attack ship with Indian crew in Gulf | Local News Provider ...: New Delhi/Hyderabad, Sep.10 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has formed a special team to probe the death of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash on September 2. CBI Superintendent of Police .

[Mid Day] Ship with Indian crew attacked by pirates in the Gulf: A traditional wooden ship with Indian crew sailing from the United Arab Emirates toward Bahrain was the target of the first act of sea piracy reported in Persian Gulf waters in years, according to details of the attack that emerged on Sunday.

[Mathrubhumi English Edition] Mathrubhumi - English News - Ship with Indian crew attacked by ...: The four pirates threatened the six-man Indian crew with guns and assaulted them before taking their cargo of fish and mobile phones, sources said. The crew members said they believed the pirates were Iranian, but their nationality could not be positively confirmed.

[USNI Blog] Armed Merchant Ship Crews Will Not Escalate The Pirate Problem ...: A bigger pirate boat, while allowing pirates a more stable platform and give the ability to field more powerful weapons, would also provide defending merchant seamen with bigger targets. Still, pirate boats are less stable platforms to shoot from than merchant ships which are large stable platforms that are not effected to any significant degree except in the harshest weather.

[Breaking News] Western push to fight back against Somali pirates challenges ...: 10 Italian sailors freed by Somali piratesROME ””Ten Italian sailors whose tug was seized by Somali pirates four months ago in the Gulf of Aden have been released after the pirates abandoned the ship, Italian authorities said Monday. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Sky-TV24 that the Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke notified him directly of the release in a phone call Sunday evening.

[Room for Debate] How to Catch a Pirate: Readers' Ideas - Room for Debate Blog ...: There is no reason whatsoever with our technological superiority that we can’t blow these pirates out of the water long before they come anywhere near the ships they target ”” either from drones, by ex-special forces soldiers on the ships, or when the ships leave land. Piracy is inexcusable, and all the effete apologists for the poor, poor pitiful pirates who have had their country pillaged by the terrible Western powers don’t make any reasonable case that the pirates should escape what they deserve ”” immediate death, no questions asked.

[Breaking News] European piracy? Ship reports mystery attack, sails through ...: Indian navy says it foiled Somali pirate attackNEW DELHI ”” The Indian navy said Friday it thwarted a pirate attack on a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. An Indian warship patrolling the seas near the lawless African country responded to a distress call Thursday from the Liberian-registered merchant vessel MV Maud, which said eight armed people on a skiff were approaching it at high speed, the navy said.

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