Piracy News
5 held as confused pirates attack French ship
Sunday, 10 August 2008 06:30
(CNN) -- Five people were detained off Somalia's coast Wednesday after pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel, the French Defense Ministry said.
Fighter jet missing 5 decades found off California coast
Saturday, 09 August 2008 22:30
(CNN) -- Searchers in California say they have found and identified the wreck of a fighter jet that disappeared into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles International Airport nearly 54 years ago.Pirates hijack cargo ship near Seychelles
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54
(CNN) -- Pirates seized control of a cargo vessel near the Seychelles Thursday, one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other off the coast of east Africa, according to the European Union Naval Force.
Global pirate attacks on the increase
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54
(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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