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Fourth quarter Hollywood releases are traditionally about getting noticed by “Oscar” for Academy Awards consideration, and perennial favorite Tom Hanks checks in with Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass of Bourne films fame.

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Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks opened up to Parade magazine about the challenges of doing “Captain Phillips,” a riveting real-life drama on the high seas turned into a big-screen thriller that’s already being hailed as one of this year’s big studio Oscar entries by critics.

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Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on yesterday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the US-flagged ship who fired off guns and a high-decibel noise device.

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ISTANBUL – Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa.

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More than 20 Filipino crewmembers of hijacked MV Irene EM, who are still being held by Somali pirates for five months now, have appealed to the Philippine government to order the shipping firm and authorities to negotiate for their safe and immediate release.

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ISTANBUL (AP) -- Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa. Now, US lawmakers are weighing similar action to fight piracy.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The sole surviving pirate from an attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast will be tried as an adult after he was portrayed Tuesday as the brazen ringleader of a band of pirates who shot at the ship's captain and bragged about prior acts of piracy.

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NEW YORK  (AP)– The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult yesterday with piracy after a prosecutor said he gave wildly varying ages for himself but finally admitted he was 18.

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Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks opened up to Parade magazine about the challenges of doing “Captain Phillips,” a riveting real-life drama on the high seas turned into a big-screen thriller that’s already being hailed as one of this year’s big studio Oscar entries by critics.

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Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on yesterday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the US-flagged ship who fired off guns and a high-decibel noise device.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-19 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496435 [Title] => Shoot at the pirates? West weighs arming ships [Summary] =>

ISTANBUL – Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa.

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More than 20 Filipino crewmembers of hijacked MV Irene EM, who are still being held by Somali pirates for five months now, have appealed to the Philippine government to order the shipping firm and authorities to negotiate for their safe and immediate release.

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ISTANBUL (AP) -- Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa. Now, US lawmakers are weighing similar action to fight piracy.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The sole surviving pirate from an attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast will be tried as an adult after he was portrayed Tuesday as the brazen ringleader of a band of pirates who shot at the ship's captain and bragged about prior acts of piracy.

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NEW YORK  (AP)– The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult yesterday with piracy after a prosecutor said he gave wildly varying ages for himself but finally admitted he was 18.

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