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Report: Piracy aids Somali economy

CNN.com - Business — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:59:18 +0000

Somali pirates are not building palaces with swimming pools with the ransoms they collect from international shipping companies and hostages, but they are helping the local economy, a new report finds.

Somali pirates seize cargo ship

BBC News - Europe — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:33:16 +0000

Somali pirates hijack an Italian cargo ship with 18 crew off the coast of Oman, according to Indian shipping officials.

Somali pirates jailed in France

BBC News - Europe — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:35:11 +0000

A French court jails five Somali men for between four and eight years for hijacking a yacht and taking a French couple hostage.

Accused Somali pirates on trial in France

CNN.com - Europe — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:03:38 +0000

Six alleged Somali pirates went on trial Tuesday in Paris for hijacking a yacht and taking a French couple hostage off the coast of Somalia in 2008.

Paris trial for Somali ‘pirates’

BBC News - Europe — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:28:10 +0000

Six men go on trial in Paris over an attack on a yacht in September 2008, in the first French prosecution of suspected Somali pirates.

Naval forces rescue hijacked ship

BBC News - Europe — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:03:41 +0000

British and US naval forces have freed an Italian ship hijacked by Somali pirates, says the Italian foreign ministry.

Officials: Somali pirates free Danish family

CNN.com - Europe — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:19:41 +0000

Somali pirates have released a Danish family of five and two other Danes after more than six months in captivity, the Danish Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen confirmed Wednesday.

Somali pirates free Danish family

BBC News - Europe — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:31:52 +0000

A Danish family of five and two crew members held by Somali pirates have been freed and brought to safety, Denmark says.

Somali pirates release UK tanker

BBC News | Europe | World Edition — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:23:42 +0000

Somali pirates release a UK-flagged ship with 26 crew after a ransom is paid, the EU mission says.

Somali pirates release British tanker

CNN.com - Europe — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:54:23 +0000

Somali pirates have released a British chemical tanker after receiving a ransom payment, the European Union Naval Force said Friday.