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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.
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The commercial capital of the country, Mumbai has become the piracy capital of the country with at least 40 per cent of the money generated through sale of pirated CDs...
made popular Sep 2 2010
A U.S. warship captured six suspected pirates Saturday after a battle off the Horn of Africa – the Navy’s third direct encounter with seafaring bandits in less...
made popular Apr 12 2010
Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame.
The hike in real estate prices in the Kenyan capital has prompted a public outcry and...
made popular Jan 2 2010
Somali pirates have hijacked a UK-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.
The St James Park was captured on Monday while on its way to Thailand...
made popular Dec 29 2009
n Somalia’s main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal...
made popular Dec 2 2009
Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying oil to the US, officials say.
The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was about 1,300km (800 miles) off Somalia when it was...
made popular Nov 30 2009
Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with 22 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force said.
Naval spokesman Cmdr. John...
made popular Nov 11 2009
A Chinese ship with 146 people aboard was hijacked Monday in the Indian Ocean, the European Union Naval Force said.
The bulk carrier De Xin Hai was hijacked around...
made popular Oct 20 2009
Switzerland will not join the European Union’s anti-piracy efforts, lawmakers decided Thursday amid concern that participating in the mission off Somalia could...
made popular Sep 24 2009
Eight people have been arrested for hijacking the cargo ship Arctic Sea, Russia’s defence minister says.
Anatoly Serdyukov said the group of suspects included...
made popular Aug 18 2009
The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels wielding machetes and tools attacked Somali pirates who had held them hostage for four months, killing at least two of them,...
made popular Aug 14 2009
European Commission maritime officials told The Daily Telegraph that following its first attack in Swedish waters, a second set of radio messages was received from the...
made popular Aug 13 2009
MICROSOFT in conjunction with the Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) have nabbed Asians in Kampala with pirated computer software.
The Asians were caught during...
made popular May 27 2009
Every year, the United States governments publishes its Special 301 Report on international piracy. The list identifies the worst abusers of intellectual property and...
made popular May 6 2009
The great and courageous Microsoft has decided to play an active role in the Arab world. More than that it is adopting the language of pan-Arabism.
The software...
made popular May 4 2009
Why the countries in the world hesitate to take strong action against Somalian Govt. and the Somani pirates when every country in the world facing great threat from...
made popular Apr 13 2009
Somalian pirates: Sea terrorist.
“US military chiefs are bolstering their forces around the Horn of Africa to help tackle Somali pirates holding a US captain...
made popular Apr 11 2009
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The previous capture of a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million of crude raised awareness of the pirates operating off Somalia’s coast. The tanker was only released...
made popular Apr 9 2009
Piracy is inevitable and we have been listening a lot about the ongoing Piracy of almost everything weather it is a movie, software, game or any other thing. The...
made popular Mar 18 2009
Picture released by the German Bundeswehr on March 4, 2009 shows Bundeswehr soldiers approaching pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on March 3, 2009, after frigate...
made popular Mar 5 2009
The United States is seeking international authorization allowing foreign navies to pursue Somali pirates on land as well as at sea in an effort to curb the growing...
made popular Dec 12 2008
A dictionary defines terrorism as follows: “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.”
Terrorist are people who...
made popular Dec 6 2008
It was really surprising this current wave of piracy near the coasts of Somalia. This is almost the last thing anybody can imagine or expect in the twenty-first...
made popular Dec 3 2008
Though the music industry in Kenya has recently been viewed as potential driver of economic activity, piracy has continued to wreck havoc on the sector.
Piracy has...
made popular Nov 3 2008
The hijacking incident of a bulk carrier with 21 Filipino seafarers onboard came at a time when the country welcomed back 15 seamen released by Somali pirates.
made popular Oct 18 2008
Piracy in the Gulf of Aden has cost shippers between $18-30 million so far this year in ransoms and is threatening global business. Pirates have hijacked more than 30...
made popular Oct 3 2008
In a keynote speech at the Broadband World Forum, John McMahon, President of Sony Pictures Television asked ISPs to join their battle against piracy. McMahon further...
made popular Oct 2 2008
The telecommunications industry, Internet service providers, user groups, Internet advocates and IT professionals have called the recently passed Copyright (New...
made popular Sep 19 2008
In 2006, for the first time in history, Pirates entered world politics in a big way. With the success of the Bit-torrent tracker The Pirate Bay.org, also based in...
made popular Aug 6 2008
Half life has become one of the top competitors in the race of gaming as of lately. Valve has also just overhauled their engine to compete with the new CryEngine2,...
made popular Jul 3 2008
Another blunder by Atari. I can guarantee after the failure with the Bioshock SecuROM, this game will barely sell. Time and time again we have seen this software fail,...
made popular Jun 20 2008
This Sunday, the Swedish Left Party voted in favor of a motion calling for the legalization of sharing copyrighted files for personal use. The party, which currently...
made popular Jun 10 2008
This is just another failed attempt at actually trying to “stop” PC pirating. It won’t ever stop. People will all find a way around it. If, IF, they...
made popular May 25 2008
A majority of those who saw Tashan were glad that the movie didn’t release in multiplexes. Those who haven’t seen the movie are even happier that it didn’t come...
made popular May 5 2008
“Content protection is a critical issue for next-generation media distribution,” said Joshua Martin, Associate Research Analyst, IDC’s Consumer...
made popular Mar 8 2008
Content piracy like counterfeit currency is easy money, which can help one get rich fast but like cancer it is eating into the vitals of the entertainment...
made popular Apr 10 2007
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An unidentified U.S. Navy sailor seen between flags of the United States and Turkey during a ceremony, Sunday May 3, 2009, at the U.S. Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, putting Turkey in command of an international naval task force fighting piracy.
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