17
Apr
2009
Somali pirate to be tried in New York
Sources report that Abduhi-i-Musi, the captured Somali pirate from the Maersk Alabama incident will be charged in Federal Court in New York City.
Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97JS0T01&show_article=1
15
Apr
2009
French frigate seizes Somali pirates
PARIS (Reuters) – A French frigate captured 11 Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday after foiling an attack on a Liberian-flagged merchant ship, the French defence ministry said.
Naval forces from around the world are battling pirates in and around the Gulf of Aden, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes where even intervention by the U.S. military has not stopped a new spate of hijackings and hostage-taking. Read the rest of this entry »