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Philippine forces rescue Chinese hostage, kill kidnappers
Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)
Philippine security forces rescued a Chinese hostage and killed five Islamic militants Friday during a raid in the south, police said. Lin Yuankai was unharmed ...
Obama denies gun-running probe a 'whitewash'
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Thursday denied an official report into a disastrous US-government gun trafficking sting on the Mexican border, which cleared Attorney...
US authorities botched Mexico gun-running probe
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
US authorities erred badly in probing a disastrous gun-running operation into Mexico, a government inspector said Wednesday in a report that nonetheless cleared...
Drug threat behind Brazil buying Seahawks
Sep 19, 2012 (UPI)
Latin America's growing problem with organized drug gangs using submersibles to ship narcotics is seen as being behind Brazil's purchase of Seahawk anti-submari...
China, US conduct joint anti-piracy drill: Xinhua
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese and US navy vessels conducted a joint military exercise on Monday as part of an anti-piracy drill in the Gulf of Aden, state media reported. The five-ho...
Chinese, US ships conduct joint anti-piracy drill
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese and US naval vessels have conducted their first joint anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Tuesday, citing the drill as a sign of im...
Nigeria navy retakes control of hijacked oil tanker
Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)
Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook control of a Singapore-owned tanker carrying a fuel cargo that had been hijacked near Lagos, and its crew of 23 Indian nation...
Mexico captures Gulf Cartel leader: navy
Sep 04, 2012 (AFP)
Mexican marines have caught Mario Cardenas Guillen, an alleged leader of the Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico's most notorious drug trafficking organizations, and he ...
EU Naval Force Somalia warns ship owners
Sep 04, 2012 (UPI)
EU Naval Force Somalia is urging ship owners to remain vigilant off Somalia. Despite the downward trend in piracy off Somalia, major components of EU Naval Forc...
EU-NATO forces free hijacked vessel
Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)
EU and NATO naval forces freed a ship commandeered by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden this week, even as the number of such attacks has dropped sharply. Coun...
Nigeria intensifies search for 4 kidnapped foreigners: navy
Aug 05, 2012 (AFP)
Nigeria Sunday intensified its search for four foreigners kidnapped during a deadly attack on a vessel belonging to an oil services company, the navy said. The ...
Somali pirates release Taiwan fishing boat
Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)
A Taiwanese fishing boat seized by Somali pirates nearly 19 months ago was freed, and its crew members were taken to safety by a Chinese naval vessel, Taiwan's ...
ONR Sensor and Software Suite Hunts Down More Than 600 Suspect Boats
Jul 11, 2012 (SPX)
A new sensor and software suite sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently returned from West Africa after helping partner nations track and ident...
Netherlands beefs up anti-piracy forces
Jun 19, 2012 (UPI)
The Netherlands will boost its military contribution to the NATO force fighting piracy in Somali waters after the country's Parliament approved funding. The Dut...
Incidence, types of marine piracy studied
Jun 06, 2012 (UPI)
Chinese researchers say they can predict if a particular vessel with a specific cargo on a given area of ocean is likely to be targeted by pirates. Researchers ...
Somali Islamists fire on foreign warships
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents said Tuesday they had fired on two foreign warships that came in close to the key rebel port of Kismayo, the first s...
Iran navy saves US freighter from pirates: report
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
Iran's navy said Thursday it saved an American-flagged cargo ship that was being attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Oman. An Iranian warship responded to a dist...
Jailing of marines hitting anti-piracy efforts: Italy
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Italy said Wednesday that India's detention of two Italian marines charged with killing two fishermen is damaging the international campaign against Somali pira...
Armed N.Koreans kidnap Chinese sailors: reports
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
Twenty-nine Chinese fishermen have been kidnapped at sea by unidentified North Koreans who have demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) in ransom, fellow sailors a...
EU navies launch first land strike on Somali pirate assets
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
European naval aircraft fired at pirate-owned supplies on the Somali coastline Tuesday for the first time since the European Union authorised such strikes. "The...
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