MOGADISHU, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port on Friday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Rampant piracy off Somalia is forcing shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal and send cargoes of oil and other goods on a longer journey around southern Africa, industry officials said on Thursday. ... > full story
OTTAWA, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Canada and Pakistan are working together to seek the release of a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped in Pakistan this week while working on a documentary, the Canadian government and a friend of the victim said on Friday. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — Gunmen abducted an Iranian diplomat in Peshawar on Thursday, a day after a U.S. aid worker was shot dead in the city on the front line of an Islamist insurgency sweeping northwest Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan. ... > full story
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Impoverished Somalians support pirates' ransom operations Nov. 20, 2008 (Mercury, South Africa) — In impoverished Somalia, where public institutions have crumbled, brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars and ...
Gain intelligence to tackle piracy: Brooks Nov. 20, 2008 (GulfNews, United Arab Emirates) — The answer to the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia lies not in sending more warships to the region, but in solving the political problems ...
Group praises strike on pirates Nov. 20, 2008 (News 24, South Africa) — A maritime watchdog on Thursday praised the Indian navy's destruction of a pirate "mother vessel" off Somalia, and urged other navies to follow ...
Hijackers Are Pirate Havens' Heroes Nov. 20, 2008 (New York Post) — Somalia's pirates are being hailed as heroes, and their hijacking of one of the world's largest ships is being celebrated as a victory on the ...
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