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Global pirate attacks on the increase

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 14:19

The increase in attacks has forced many countries to patrol pirate hotspots such as the Gulf of Aden.(CNN) -- The first nine months of this year has seen more pirate attacks than all of last year. And more than half of those attacks were carried out by suspected Somali pirates, an international maritime watchdog group said Wednesday.

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Somali pirates fire at U.S. helicopter, Navy says

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 15:36

The Maersk Alabama was targeted in an April hijacking that ended with Navy snipers killing three pirates.WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pirates holding a Taiwanese-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia fired on a U.S. Navy helicopter Wednesday as the aircraft monitored the ship, the Navy said.

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Writer: I was threatened after questioning Russian ship hijack

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 15:34

Russian forces retook the Arctic Star without any opposition after reports that it had been hijacked.

(CNN) -- A Russian writer who contradicted some authorities by suggesting that the hijacked cargo ship Arctic Sea was carrying something other than timber was fired after he fled Russia because of threats, he told CNN Friday.

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