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Several killed in failed French raid to free Somalia hostage
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
At least one French soldier died and 17 Islamists were killed in a failed bid to free a French hostage held in southern Somalia since 2009, the French defence m...
Colombian navy captures drug gang's semi-submersible
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
The Colombian navy has captured an empty semi-submersible vessel that was adrift in the Pacific ocean and is believed to have been the property of a drug traffi...
French, US forces detain 12 suspected Somali pirates
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
French and US warships on patrol off the Somali coast combined to detain 12 suspected pirates after a merchant vessel reported coming under attack at the weeken...
Nigeria to prosecute Russian sailors over arms transport
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Nigeria's navy has transferred for prosecution 15 Russian sailors detained since October for allegedly transporting illegal arms, a navy spokesman said Tuesday....
Police among dead in gambling shootout
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
Three police officers and three soldiers were among 13 armed people killed during a shootout with security forces in a street in Quezon City in the Philippines....
Chinese man guilty of '$100 mn' software piracy
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese man pleaded guilty in a US federal court to pirating software that investigators said was worth more than $100 million, the US said Tuesday. The US Im...
Mexican troops kill 12 suspects in gun battle
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
Mexican soldiers killed 12 suspected criminals in a running gun battle across the central state of Zacatecas on Wednesday, an official said. The clash erupted w...
Pirates attack ship off Nigeria, kidnap Italian sailors
Dec 24, 2012 (AFP)
Pirates attacked an Italian ship off Nigeria and kidnapped four sailors, including three Italians, in the latest such incident off the country's oil-producing s...
Four Chinese hostages freed in Colombia
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Four Chinese oil company employees held hostage since June 2011, allegedly by Colombia's FARC rebels, have been freed in southern Colombia, their embassy said T...
Piracy will swell again if seas not policed: S.African Navy
Nov 08, 2012 (AFP)
South Africa will send anti-piracy patrols to the waters off Mozambique and Tanzania this month, a senior navy official said on Thursday, while warning of a res...
Mekong River attackers get death sentences
Nov 07, 2012 (UPI)
A Chinese court sentenced a drug baron from Myanmar and three of his alleged gang to death for the killing of 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong Rive...
West African pirates target oil tankers
Oct 26, 2012 (UPI)
As the oil boom in West Africa swells, pirate attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Guinea are "reaching dangerous proportions," the International Maritime Bureau r...
Pirate killed off Somali coast: NATO
Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)
A pirate was killed on Wednesday in an exchange of fire with a Dutch warship off the Somali coast. "The frigate HNMLS Rotterdam, flagship of NATO's anti-piracy ...
Somali pirates free ship after nearly two years: NATO
Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)
Somali pirates have released a cargo ship they hijacked almost two years ago, with the crew "very relieved" to see their NATO rescuers, the military alliance sa...
Dutch navy detains alleged Somali pirates after attack
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
Dutch sailors taking part in NATO's piracy-busting operation Ocean Shield on Thursday detained seven suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia after an attack ...
Colombia hopes FARC deal will bring peace
Sep 28, 2012 (UPI)
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he is cautiously optimistic he can clinch a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia armed group b...
Indian state in grip of a drug epidemic
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
On a muggy evening in the north Indian city of Amritsar, Sunil Sharma prepares for another heroin hit in a decrepit, abandoned building. Before inhaling the fum...
Mexico captures Zetas cartel capo 'El Taliban': navy
Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)
Mexico's navy hauled a suspected leader of the brutal Zetas drug cartel before news cameras Thursday, after catching the capo amid a violent rift within the pow...
Mexico troops clash with gunmen, 11 dead
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
Troops clashed with gunmen as people headed to work and school in a southern Mexican town on Wednesday, leaving 10 suspects and one soldier dead, prosecutors sa...
Suspect in murder of Chinese sailors admits guilt
Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)
A gang leader accused of masterminding the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year has pleaded guilty at a trial in southwest China, state me...
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