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Paying ransoms only encourages pirates, says Miliband new
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Ransom payments to pirates will only encourage further hostage-taking, Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted today.
Agencies plead for Congo cash
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Britain's aid agencies are appealing for funds to ease the desperate plight of people affected by the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.
Miliband urges pirates to release crew
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for the immediate release of the hijacked crew of a giant oil tanker - including two Britons - after the vessel anchored off the coast of Somalia.
Somali port awaits its $100m bounty
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
The most spectacular prize in maritime history was anchored off Somalia last night with a rag-tag army of pirates holding the world's largest oil producer to ransom.
The Big Question: Why has piracy exploded off the coast of Somalia, and how can it be stopped?
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Blackwater gunboats will protect ships
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
The American security company Blackwater is planning to cash in on the rising threat of piracy on the high seas by launching a flotilla of gunboats for hire by the shipping companies.
Britain urges 'immediate release' of hijacked crew
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker anchored the ship within sight of impoverished Somali fishing villages.
'Crew safe' as pirates open talks
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker with 25 crew, including two Britons, on board have opened negotiations, the vessel's operator said today.
Pirates seize giant oil tanker
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Somali pirates pulled off their most audacious hijack to date yesterday, venturing outside their usual waters to seize a Saudi Arabian supertanker laden with two million barrels of crude, in an attack that sent oil prices higher.
History of piracy on the high seas
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The image of the wild and fearsome pirate captain has often captured Hollywood's imagination, but piracy is a very real and increasing problem for modern sea-farers.
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