BOSASSO, Somalia, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates have agreed to release a Yemeni cargo ship without ransom after successful negotiations between the hijackers, local elders and a Yemeni official, a local official said Monday. ... > full story
NAIROBI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates and owners of a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks and other military hardware have reached a deal to release the vessel, a Kenyan maritime official said Sunday. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Ethiopia said on Friday it would withdraw its troops from Somalia by the end of this year, piling pressure on Somalia's feuding government and African nations that had promised to send peacekeepers. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali security forces will storm a hijacked Yemeni cargo ship if the pirates holding it refuse to free it without a ransom, a minister in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland region said on Wednesday. ... > full story
SINGAPORE, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — When pirates armed with little more than AK-47s and rope ladders seized a supertanker last week, they showed how simple it is to storm a ship -- a vulnerability that al Qaeda could exploit to attack the global economy. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — As dawn breaks over the Indian Ocean each morning, elders in Somali pirate bases sip strong coffee and clutch mobile phones to their ears, eager to hear the latest from the gunmen out at sea. ... > 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
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — A Saudi supertanker seized by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the world's biggest ship hijacking reached Somalia on Tuesday, and another ship was captured in the perilous waters off the lawless state. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — President Abdullahi Yusuf has admitted Islamist insurgents now control most of Somalia and raised the prospect his government could completely collapse. ... > full story
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Saudi, French leaders urge efforts to protect shipping Nov. 29, 2008 (Middle East Times) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi King Abdullah on Saturday called for international efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden amid ...
Pirates: despicable, desperate and daring Nov. 23, 2008 (London Times) — Ever since freelance booty-hunters spotted the vulnerability of Homeric-age galleys forging trade routes in the Mediterranean, pirates have been a ...
Promising new waters for al-Qa'ida? Nov. 22, 2008 (Independent, UK) — What comes into your head the moment I say the word "pirate"? Most probably a romantic vision of a dashing swordsman in a 17th-century costume and ...
Pirates were well-mannered, recall hostages Nov. 20, 2008 (Times of India) — The water was still, the sky cloudless and the 12-man crew, Kenyans and Sri Lankans, were relaxed after their Sunday morning cup of tea in February ...
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