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Piracy cases almost double in first quarter of 2009, watchdog says
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - An international piracy watchdog on Tuesday warned of increasing violent...
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Yemen police arrest kidnapper of Dutch couple
Sana'a, Yemen (dpa) - Yemeni police arrested on Tuesday one of the kidnappers who took a Dutch...
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Somali pirates free Greek ship
Athens - A Greek freighter seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia four weeks ago has been...
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Undaunted Somali pirates seize four more boats
Nairobi - Undaunted Somali pirates have seized a total of four ships - among them two cargo ships -...
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Somali pirates seize another tanker after hostage drama
Nairobi- Somali pirates have seized another tanker just days after US and French forces killed five...
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German sailors remain in clutches of Somali pirates
Berlin - The fate of five Germans held by pirates off the coast of Somalia remained unclear Monday,...
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Somali pirates demand ransom as US Navy sends more ships
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates, holding a US ship captain in a lifeboat and surrounded by two...
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French "boss-napping" succeeds, workers to get more redundancy pay
Paris - French workers for a British adhesives maker who held their managers hostage were granted...
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French workers take managers hostage - again
Paris - Workers at a French factory producing industrial adhesives have taken hostage a number of...
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Man dies in "revenge" blast in China's Xinjiang region
Beijing - A man died after detonating explosives Thursday in China's far...
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Pirates hijack British luxury yacht off Seychelles
London - Pirates hijacked a British luxury yacht off the Seychelles on Wednesday, the tour group...
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French Caterpillar workers take four managers hostage
Paris - Workers at a French factory of the US industrial equipment manufacturer Caterpillar have...
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Report: Former hostage Betancourt files for divorce
Bogota - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by leftist...
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Russian police kill hostage taker in Siberian bank
Moscow - Russian police in Siberia stormed a bank and killed an armed man who had taken five...
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German school gunman revealed plans in advance
Winnenden, Germany - The German teenager who shot dead 15 people in a school massacre disclosed his...
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Can Anyone Win The Russia-Ukraine Gas War?
Brussels - "A strange game: the only way to win is not to play."
The quote comes...
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Ukraine's Tymoshenko Plays Maestro In Russia Gas Crisis
Kiev - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has - once again - delivered a maestro...
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No Christmas For Bulgaria Because Of Corruption
Sofia - Bulgarian officials complained how the European Union stole their Christmas when it...
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French hostage freed in Afghanistan
Paris - A French aid worker abducted in the streets of Kabul one month ago has been freed, French...
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Pirates leave hijacked Yemeni ship without ransom: Owner
Sana'a, Yemen - Eight Somali pirates have abandoned a Yemeni cargo ship after negotiations with...
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Mumbai limps back to normal, anger mounts at politicians
New Delhi - A day after the terrorist siege of Mumbai ended, claiming 187 lives, political heads...
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Mumbai Wipes Blood and Dust, Moves On
Attacks by terrorists have been a staple of Mumbai’s
contemporary history, but each time the city,...
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Battle with terrorists continues in Mumbai, toll 119
New Delhi - Indian forces continued their battle with terrorists in luxury hotels in the financial...
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Commando Operation in Mumbai Hotels Seized by Militants
Indian commandoes managed to free some people who were being held hostage in the luxury hotels in...
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A Very Different Night At Mumbai's Iconic Taj Hotel
New Delhi - Well-heeled businessmen, corporate honchos, celebrities dining by candlelight - that is...
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Mayor of Russia's North Ossetia region's capital shot dead
Moscow - The mayor of the capital of Russia's North Ossetia region, bordering Georgia, was shot...
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Jury Finds Brian Nichols Guilty In Courthouse Rampage
Brian G. Nichols was found guilty of murdering four people in 2005 in a fatal March shooting spree...
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Gunman in US kills shop employee, causes panic in shopping centre
Washington - A 42-year-old man shot and killed a shop employee in a shopping centre in the US town...
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Egypt Tourism Expected to Recover after Kidnapping
Cairo - A peaceful end to Egypt's tourist hostage crisis this week and no apparent link between the...
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Italy, Egypt Confirms Hostages Released, Germany Still Cautious
Germany announced Monday it was verifying reports that the tourists recently taken hostage in...
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Clinton, Lavrov see progress on disarmament talks
Washington - The United States and Russia are making progress toward a new nuclear disarmament...
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US captain rescued from pirates arrives in Kenya
Washington/Nairobi - Richard Phillips, the American captain dramatically rescued from pirates...
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US ship attacked by Somali pirates but escapes capture
Washington - A US-flagged cargo ship, The Liberty Sun, was attacked by Somali...
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Obama hails captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi/Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday praised the rescue of a US captain from...
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Alabama crew hails rescued captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi - Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, whose captain Richard Phillips was freed from the...
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US captain's rescue may mean trouble for other hostages
Nairobi - Three shots from US Navy snipers, and the drama was over. Three Somali pirates lay dead...
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US captain kidnapped by pirates is freed
Washington - US Navy snipers shot dead three Somali pirates who were holding the captain of a...
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US Navy catches sight of US hostage amid stalled talks
Nairobi - The US Navy on Sunday caught sight of the American captain being held hostage on a...
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Lifeboat with US captain nears Somalia; talks failed
Washington/Nairobi - A hijacked lifeboat with the captain of a US cargo ship held hostage was...
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Somali pirates rush to help comrades in US Navy face-off
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were on Saturday rushing to the aid of their...
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Second US Navy ship arrives on scene
Washington - A second US Navy ship arrived Friday on the scene of a tense hostage stand-off near...
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Standoff continues as Somali pirates foil escape attempt
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
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Report: Somali pirates foil US captain's escape attempt
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
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US Navy increases pressure on Somali pirates in hostage standoff
Nairobi/Washington - Further US Navy ships were steaming Friday to the coast of...
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Pirates still hold ship captain, but running out of fuel
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were Thursday holding the captain of a US-operated vessel...
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Report: US crew retakes ship from Somali pirates
Washington - Crew members may have retaken control of a US- operated ship that was hijacked off the...
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Barack Obama Is TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year
TIME magazine on Wednesday named its Person of the Year in 2008. No surprise here as United States...
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Latin America Favours Obama, but Can Handle McCain
Buenos Aires - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said it best for how much of Latin...
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