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Somalia: UN Calls For Boost in Piracy Fight
UN News, 15 April 2009
Claiming that piracy off the coast of Somalia is wreaking global havoc, the top United Nations representative for the Horn of Africa country has called for an increase in efforts… Read more »
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Somalia: French Forces Detain 11 Pirates Off Kenya
Shabelle, 16 April 2009
French Defense Ministry says it detained 11 Somali pirates during a French assault on a pirate "mother ship" and thwarted a pirate attack on a Liberian-registered vessel, AFP… Read more »
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Somalia: Pirates are Well-Organized, Resilient
allAfrica, 15 April 2009
Somali piracy is "a highly structured enterprise" built around well-organized syndicates which regularly extort U.S. $1-million ransoms for shipowners to release ships and their… Read more »
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Somalia: Somali Pirates Hijack Four More Vessels, Hold 60 Hostages
Independent (Lagos), 15 April 2009
Undeterred by the security cordon by American, French and other super power security forces around the gulf area of the Indian Ocean, Somali pirates went on a hijacking spree,… Read more »
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Somalia: Piracy - Another Excuse for Veiled Adventurism
Shabait, 15 April 2009
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the twin towers had set off torrents of shock and sadness from nations and peoples from all over the world, as everyone was… Read more »