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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 Sweden, the Pirate Party became an official party in Swedish politics. Since then, the...
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AP, United Nations
The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling on all countries with a stake in maritime safety off Somalia to send naval ships and military...
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AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship transporting tanks reduced the ransom Tuesday to $8 million (euro5.87 million), but it was unclear if he was speaking...
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AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry says the ransom demand has been reduced from $20 million to $8 million.
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AP, Mogadishu
Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing at least 17 people, after a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace.
made popular Oct 6 2008
AP, Nairobi
The crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday.
made popular Oct 6 2008
AP, Nairobi
A U.S. Navy spokeswoman says the crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry are, by all indications, in good health.
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AP, Mogadishu
There have been four failed pirate attacks in the last 24 hours off the lawless Somali coast despite the presence of six American warships guarding a hijacked ship full...
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AP, Mogadishu
Hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been left without basic health care after Islamic insurgents forced one western aid group to suspend some operations and...
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AP, Mogadishu
Islamic insurgents in Somalia forced one Western aid group to suspend some operations and threatened another on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without...
made popular Oct 3 2008
AP, Moscow
Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow will work with the U.S. and European Union to fight pirates.
made popular Oct 3 2008
AP, Geneva
The United Nations says fighting has killed at least 80 civilians in Somalia’s capital over the last two weeks. More than 100 people have been injured.
made popular Oct 3 2008
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he Kenyan government has so far and severally proved that the hijacked ship with military equipment from Ukraine belongs to Kenya as the mystery surrounding the...
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The hijacking of a Ukrainian freighter off the coast of Somalia once again highlights the failure on the part of the international community to implement sustained...
made popular Oct 3 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
AP, United Nations
A proposed U.N. resolution calls on all countries with a stake in maritime safety to send military ships and aircraft to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia,...
made popular Oct 3 2008
AP, United Nations
A proposed new U.N. resolution calls on all countries interested in maritime safety to send naval ships and military aircraft to fight piracy on the high seas off the...
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Islamabad
The U.N. declared the Pakistani capital unsafe for the children of its international staff Thursday and ordered them out, putting the once tranquil city on a par with...
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate spokesman says his group will not release a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with arms for less than $20 million.
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Copenhagen
A Danish intelligence company specializing in maritime security says there was a dramatic increase in the number of seamen held by Somali pirates in September.
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Mombasa
Kenyan police have arrested a maritime watchdog official on suspicion of criminal activity just days after the official gave reporters sensitive information about a...
made popular Oct 2 2008
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AP, Greenville
East Carolina linebacker Quentin Cotton is likely out for the season after injuring his right knee during the Pirates’ recent victory over Tulane.
made popular Sep 15 2008
AP, Greenville
East Carolina is being fined $10,000 by Conference USA after football fans charged the field to celebrate the Pirates’ upset of West Virginia last weekend.
made popular Sep 12 2008
AP, Stockholm
The International Olympic Committee is trying to stop downloads of video of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony that are being spread on The Pirate Bay, a...
made popular Aug 19 2008
AP, Rome
An Italian judge has ordered the country’s Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into...
made popular Aug 14 2008
A recent audit of computer systems belonging to the South Australia Police has found that hundreds are being used to “share” films. In a move smacking of hypocrisy...
made popular Jul 29 2008
AP, Pittsburgh
Jason Michaels hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning, the Pirates’ third big homer in three innings, and Pittsburgh rallied from six runs down in the eighth to...
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AP, Pittsburgh
Jason Michaels hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning, the Pirates’ third big homer in three innings, and Pittsburgh rallied from six runs down in the eighth to...
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AP, Kuala Lumpur
Pirate attacks worldwide surged 19 percent in the past three months compared to the January-March period, largely due to increased incidents in Somalia and Nigeria, an...
made popular Jul 11 2008
AP, Kuala Lumpur
Pirate attacks worldwide surged 19 percent in the past three months compared to the January-March period, largely due to increased incidents in Somalia and Nigeria, an...
made popular Jul 11 2008
The number of pirate CDs sold around the world rises to 1.1bn says a news report.
In India we have a huge market for the pirated cds - both movies and music cds.
One...
made popular Jun 27 2008
AP, Paris
Paris court officials say investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against six Somali pirates accused of holding 30 hostages aboard a French luxury yacht for...
made popular Apr 18 2008
AP, Paris
Six Somali pirates captured after the rescue of hostages aboard a French luxury yacht arrived in Paris on Wednesday for eventual trial, police said.The six were brought...
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AP, Kuala Lumpur
Pirate attacks rose worldwide in the first quarter of the year, with Nigeria overtaking Indonesia as the country worst plagued by sea bandits, a global maritime...
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AP, Paris
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says 30 hostages held on a tourist yacht by pirates off the coast of Somalia have been released.A statement from Sarkozy’s office...
made popular Apr 11 2008
AP, Paris
The French Foreign Ministry says elite French troops are being sent to East Africa to bolster efforts to free captives held by pirates holding their yacht off...
made popular Apr 7 2008
AP, Paris
France’s military is keeping close tabs on a French luxury yacht seized by pirates off Somalia’s coast, and officials hope to avoid using force to free the...
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AP, Paris
France’s Foreign Ministry says pirates have seized control of a French cruise ship off the coast of Somalia.A ministry official says details are scarce about...
made popular Apr 4 2008
AP, Kuala Lumpur
Global pirate attacks rose by 10 percent in 2007, marking the first increase in three years as sea robbers made a strong comeback in Nigeria and Somalia, an...
made popular Jan 9 2008
AP, London
British and Dutch police shut down what they say is one the world’s biggest online sources of pirated music Tuesday and arrested the Web site’s 24-year-old...
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