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A global maritime watchdog said Tuesday that ship hijackings declined in 2015 from a year earlier, while sea piracy incidents increased slightly but consisted mostly of low-level theft.

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World sea piracy fell for a third straight year in 2013, as Somali pirates were curbed by international naval patrols and improved ship vigilance, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday.

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World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep pirates away from Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said yesterday.

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Philippine officials say a Filipino crewman has been fatally shot in a pirate attack on a chemical tanker off the coast of Nigeria.

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Pirates attacked and seized an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria's largest city, the country's navy said Wednesday, kidnapping an unknown number of sailors who were trying to hide from their assailants.

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An international maritime watchdog says pirates have attacked a ship off the coast of Nigeria for the second time in as many days, but this time the attackers were thwarted by a quick-acting crew.

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A maritime watchdog says sea piracy worldwide has surged this year, with Somali pirates intensifying their operations and Benin emerging as a new hotspot.

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Kinumpirma kahapon ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na 14 Pinoy na kabilang sa 23 tripulante sakay ng isang oil tanker ang dinukot ng mga piratang Nigerian nang magkasabay na salakayin ang dalawang barko sa karagatang sakop ng Guinea sa West Africa.

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Armed pirates raided a tanker off the West African coast and kidnapped 23 sailors Wednesday, sailing off with the vessel in waters increasingly at risk of piracy, an international monitoring group said.

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A global maritime watchdog said Tuesday that ship hijackings declined in 2015 from a year earlier, while sea piracy incidents increased slightly but consisted mostly of low-level theft.

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World sea piracy fell for a third straight year in 2013, as Somali pirates were curbed by international naval patrols and improved ship vigilance, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-17 00:23:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1301874 [AuthorName] => Eileen Ng [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4116/90a6.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 931321 [Title] => World sea piracy down 35 percent in first quarter [Summary] =>

World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep pirates away from Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said yesterday.

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Philippine officials say a Filipino crewman has been fatally shot in a pirate attack on a chemical tanker off the coast of Nigeria.

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Pirates attacked and seized an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria's largest city, the country's navy said Wednesday, kidnapping an unknown number of sailors who were trying to hide from their assailants.

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An international maritime watchdog says pirates have attacked a ship off the coast of Nigeria for the second time in as many days, but this time the attackers were thwarted by a quick-acting crew.

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A maritime watchdog says sea piracy worldwide has surged this year, with Somali pirates intensifying their operations and Benin emerging as a new hotspot.

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Kinumpirma kahapon ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na 14 Pinoy na kabilang sa 23 tripulante sakay ng isang oil tanker ang dinukot ng mga piratang Nigerian nang magkasabay na salakayin ang dalawang barko sa karagatang sakop ng Guinea sa West Africa.

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Armed pirates raided a tanker off the West African coast and kidnapped 23 sailors Wednesday, sailing off with the vessel in waters increasingly at risk of piracy, an international monitoring group said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-14 23:04:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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