NAIROBI, Kenya (Dec. 2) - The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too much for Somali pirates to resist. But the six bandits, riding in two skiffs and firing rifle ...
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The founder of Pal’s Sudden Service drive-ins had just been telling his wife about the upsurge in piracy in the area their cruise ship was sailing Sunday when he looked out a cabin window and saw — pirates. “They’re fine, they’re actually ...
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The liner, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday when it encountered six bandits in two speedboats, said Noel Choong who heads the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting ...
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali minister in the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland says pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship and its eight crew members without receiving any ransom. State minister Ali Abdi Aware says the pirates released ...
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The operator of a luxury liner carrying about 400 Australian tourists has hosed down reports that pirates tried to board the ship off the coast of Somalia. Reports said more than 29 pirate boats surrounded the MV Athena, which is carrying 200 ...
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Muscat, Oman - Passengers on a luxury cruise liner attacked by pirates in the dangerous waters between Yemen and Somalia said on Wednesday they were surprised by the assailants' boldness, and described hearing the "pop, pop, pop" of the pirates ...
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A luxury cruise line has denied reports that one of its ships, with nearly 400 Australian tourists aboard, was the target of a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia. About 30 pirate boats were reported to have surrounded the MV Athena, which is ...
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