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By JD, Somalia Report The Iranian Navy rescued an oil tanker from an attempted pirate hijacking in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, according to Somali pirates based in Harardhere. [...]
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The following is a press statement from piracy watchdog, IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, regarding their 2011 Global Piracy Report released today. Pirate attacks against vessels in East and West Africa [...]
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We’ve all been there. That lucid moment when all of a sudden you look around and realize, “I am wasting my life right now and it’s time for a change.” [...]
Thirteen Somali pirates were captured on a dhow in the Indian Ocean on Friday by a combination of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel. [ROYAL NAVY] The [...]
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