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.
Recent headlines focusing on the rash of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia should instead focus on the humanitarian crisis driving Somalis to commit crimes on the high seas, an international aid group said Thursday.
Pirates off the eastern coast of Africa fired on U.S. sailors Saturday as they tried to reach the lifeboat where an American captain is being held, a U.S. official familiar with the situation told 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.
Recent headlines focusing on the rash of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia should instead focus on the humanitarian crisis driving Somalis to commit crimes on the high seas, an international aid group said Thursday.
Pirates off the eastern coast of Africa fired on U.S. sailors Saturday as they tried to reach the lifeboat where an American captain is being held, a U.S. official familiar with the situation told CNN.
Pirates in ships are searching for the lifeboat containing four pirates and their hostage -- the captain of a freighter they failed to hijack earlier this week -- according to a U.S. military official with knowledge of the situation.
A former crew member on the American ship attacked by pirates off Africa said the ship's captain is exactly the kind of person who would offer himself in exchange for the crew's safety.
Somali pirates released a Ukrainian ship Thursday carrying tanks, ammunition and crew after receiving a ransom of $3.2 million, a spokesman for the ship's owner said.
Three British guards jumped overboard and were rescued from the water after battling in vain to prevent pirates hijacking a chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia.
The U.S. military transferred a man suspected of involvement with terrorist attacks in East Africa to the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Monday.
Five-times double champion Kenenisa Bekele has changed his mind about competing at the world cross country championships later this month and has been added to the Ethiopian team.
Militia fighters in Somalia affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union are taking power from clan-based secular warlords. The warlords are blamed for dragging the war-torn nation into a state of lawlessness that has lasted nearly 16 years.
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele completed a historic double by storming to the men's 12-kilometer title at the world cross country championships in Fukuoka on Sunday and then declared that he would not be back.
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A Kenyan judge acquitted three men on conspiracy charges Monday in the 2002 bombing of a Mombasa hotel that killed 15 people, a court official said. The magistrate cited lack of evidence.
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The sheared-off building, twisted metal, and high body count aren't the only familiar characteristics here. When terrorism experts see the carnage in Taba, Egypt, the immediate pattern of attack is telltale: simultaneous bombings, maximum casualties and a broader intent.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it has selected three companies to continue research into ways to thwart shoulder-fired missile attacks on U.S. commercial aircraft.
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