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Fears Of Pirates Returning To Somalian Seas After First Hijack In 6 Years
The UK Marine Trade Operations, which monitors piracy, recorded six incidents off Somalia's coast since mid-December, from approaches by crews armed with machine guns and rocket launchers, to successful hijackings.
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Somali Pirates Just Hijacked A Commercial Ship For The First Time In 5 Years
In 2010 and 2011, groups of armed Somali men were hijacking merchant vessels off Somalia's coast at an almost daily pace. Thousands of hostages of myriad nationalities were taken, and billions of dollars were lost on ransoms, damages and delayed shipments.
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Ships armed to fight pirates worry India about 26/11-type attack
India fears unregulated 'floating armouries' - privately-owned ships loaded with weapons and guards that escort commercial cargo ships- could be used by terrorists to sail upto its western coast and launch an attack like 26/11.
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Nigeria first African nation to ratify arms treaty
Nigeria's foreign minister says his is the first African country to sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty marking "resolute and unyielding" efforts to deny arms to terrorists, pirates and bandits.
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Pirates kidnap six foreigners in Nigeria
Armed pirates who stormed an oil service ship off Nigeria have kidnapped six foreigners and demanded a $1.3 million ransom for their release, the police and military told AFP on Wednesday.
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Five Indian sailors kidnapped off coast of Nigeria
Gunmen stormed a tanker ship off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, ransacking the vessel and kidnapping five Indian sailors in the latest attack targeting foreign workers in the volatile region, a shipping company said on Wednesday.
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Chasing pirates: Inside Microsoft's war room
As the sun rose over the mountains circling Los Reyes, a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán, one morning in March 2009, a caravan of more than 300 heavily armed law enforcement agents set out on a raid. All...
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Soon, armed guards on merchant ships?
In the wake of recent spate in pirate attack, the government may soon allow armed guards onboard the merchant vessels.The Shipping Authorities have prepared a draft notification to permit armed personnel on board merchant vessels.The notification is expected to be finalised in a fortnight or so and government may allow 4 to 6 armed guards on the ve...
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Fears Of Pirates Returning To Somalian Seas After First Hijack In 6 Years
The UK Marine Trade Operations, which monitors piracy, recorded six incidents off Somalia's coast since mid-December, from approaches by crews armed with machine guns and rocket launchers, to successful hijackings.
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Somali Pirates Just Hijacked A Commercial Ship For The First Time In 5 Years
In 2010 and 2011, groups of armed Somali men were hijacking merchant vessels off Somalia's coast at an almost daily pace. Thousands of hostages of myriad nationalities were taken, and billions of dollars were lost on ransoms, damages and delayed shipments.
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Ships armed to fight pirates worry India about 26/11-type attack
India fears unregulated 'floating armouries' - privately-owned ships loaded with weapons and guards that escort commercial cargo ships- could be used by terrorists to sail upto its western coast and launch an attack like 26/11.
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Nigeria first African nation to ratify arms treaty
Nigeria's foreign minister says his is the first African country to sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty marking "resolute and unyielding" efforts to deny arms to terrorists, pirates and bandits.
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Pirates kidnap six foreigners in Nigeria
Armed pirates who stormed an oil service ship off Nigeria have kidnapped six foreigners and demanded a $1.3 million ransom for their release, the police and military told AFP on Wednesday.
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Five Indian sailors kidnapped off coast of Nigeria
Gunmen stormed a tanker ship off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, ransacking the vessel and kidnapping five Indian sailors in the latest attack targeting foreign workers in the volatile region, a shipping company said on Wednesday.
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Chasing pirates: Inside Microsoft's war room
As the sun rose over the mountains circling Los Reyes, a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán, one morning in March 2009, a caravan of more than 300 heavily armed law enforcement agents set out on a raid. All...
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Soon, armed guards on merchant ships?
In the wake of recent spate in pirate attack, the government may soon allow armed guards onboard the merchant vessels.The Shipping Authorities have prepared a draft notification to permit armed personnel on board merchant vessels.The notification is expected to be finalised in a fortnight or so and government may allow 4 to 6 armed guards on the ve...
