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Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US

December 1, 2009 - 6:00am

Crews on oil tankers aren't allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship's payload. That's one of the main reasons Somali pirates met little resistance when they hijacked a US-bound...

Somalia's untold beauty

By Kevin G. Belmonte | May 9, 2009 - 12:00am

Somalia has been in the world’s spotlight for quite some time now but, unfortunately, the stories of Somali pirates...

Modern Living

21 Filipino crewmen freed by Somali pirates

January 13, 2009 - 1:36pm

MANILA (AP) -Somali pirates have freed a Japanese-operated bulk carrier with 21 Filipino crewmen they seized in October, a Philippine official said, the third ship to be released in a week.

Somali pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000

January 12, 2009 - 2:11am

MOGADISHU (AP) – The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised...

5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share

January 11, 2009 - 12:18am

MOGADISHU (AP) – Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and a relative...

$3-M ransom dropped to Somali pirates by parachute

January 11, 2009 - 12:00am

MOGADISHU, Somalia – After reportedly receiving a $3-million ransom dropped by parachute, pirates said they released the captured Saudi supertanker Sirius Star, ending a two-month drama that helped galvanize...

Headlines

Negotiator: Pirates get $3 million for Saudi tanker

January 10, 2009 - 10:30am

MOGADISHU (AP) – After reportedly receiving a $3 million ransom dropped by parachute, pirates said they released a captured Saudi supertanker Friday, ending a two-month drama that helped galvanize international...

Somali pirates confirm release of Saudi oil tanker

January 10, 2009 - 3:25am

MOGADISHU (Xinhua) - Somali pirates have released the Saudi super-tanker abducted in mid November off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation, a pirate member said Friday.

GLOBAL NEWS: Pirates move Saudi supertanker farther from coast

November 26, 2008 - 12:51am

MOGADISHU (AP) – Pirates have moved a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude oil farther out to sea after an extremist Islamic group vowed to fight the bandits because they seized a Muslim-owned vessel, witnesses...

$25-M hingi ng Somali pirates

November 21, 2008 - 12:00am

Humihingi kahapon ng halagang $25 mil­yon ang mga Somali pirates kapalit ng kalayaan ng 19 tripulanteng Pinoy at anim pang crew na sakay ng hinayjack na Saudi super-tanker Sirius Star sa...

Bansa