Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Somali Piracy News Updates -- November 18, 2009



Somali Pirates Attack U.S.-Flagged Ship for Second Time -- FOX News

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination on the Kenyan coast, while a pirate said that the captain of a ship hijacked Monday with 28 North Korean crew members on board had died of wounds.

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More News On Somali Piracy

Maersk Alabama repels Somali pirates in second attack -- Christian Science Monitor
Pirates Attack Maersk Alabama Again -- New York Times
Maersk Alabama Evades Second Pirate Attack -- Wall Street Journal
Second pirate attack on Maersk Alabama foiled -- USA Today
U.S. ship fends off second pirate attack -- CNN
Somali Pirates : Maersk Alabama Attacked, Fights Back -- Eagle Speak

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages -- AP
Spain pays £2m ransom to pirates for release of 36 hostages -- Daily Mail
Somali pirates take $3M in ransom; free 36 Spanish hostages held for seven weeks on tuna boat -- New York Daily News
Spanish opposition questions pirate ransom -- Financial Times

Somalia to get EU training force to counter Islamist insurgents -- Christian Science Monitor
Video: Hunting pirates from the UK -- Global Post
Greater efforts needed on land to fight piracy off Somali coast: UN chief -- China Daily
U.S. And Seychelles Piracy Walks The Plank — UAVs The Quiet Success -- Sat News
Somali piracy's economic impact -- BBC
Guidance vague on dealing with lawlessness on the high seas -- Times Online

Somali piracy threat in the Indian Ocean - a timeline -- The Telegraph

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