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tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2008: - 12/2/2008
Luxury Cruise Ship Outruns Pirates
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A 30,000-ton luxury cruise ship outran pirates off the coast of Yemen this weekend, the ship's owner said Monday. Nautica in Sydney Harbor The Nautica was in an area patrolled by international anti-piracy task forces when two small skiffs appeared to try to intercept it, Oceania spokesman ...
theaustralian.news.com.au - 12/5/2008
Warship rescues pirates, sinks their ship
— theaustralian.news.com.au — A DANISH anti-piracy warship has rescued seven suspected pirates whose boat had broken down in the Gulf... of Aden and then sank their heavily-armed vessel. Danish soldiers seized several anti-tank rockets and AK-47 assault rifles from the pirate ship, ... (more) Warship rescues pirates, sinks their ship

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Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt - Yahoo! News
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Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — Islamist leader calls on pirates to free ships AFP/US Navy/File US Navy image of Somali pirates who... seized the Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina in October 2008. Somalia's (more) Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt - ...

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google.com - 12/2/2008
The Associated Press: Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt
— google.com — 4 hours ago NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more... than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday. ... (more) The Associated Press: Pirates fire on US cruise ship in ...

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Luxury Cruise Ship Outruns Pirates — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
A 30,000-ton luxury cruise ship outran pirates off the coast of Yemen this weekend, the ship's owner said Monday. Nautica in Sydney Harbor The Nautica was in an area patrolled by international anti-piracy task forces when two small skiffs appeared to try to intercept it, Oceania spokesman ...
Taking the Fight to the Pirates — Weekly Standard Blog
Sunday’s attack against the cruise ship, Nautica , owned by the American company, Oceania Cruises, took place as the luxury vessel sailed between Somalia and Yemen enroute Oman from Egypt. According to press reports, the attack occurred during daylight--which would have aided the ship’s crew in ...
More Piracy in the Gulf of Aden — Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ] Pirates off the coast of Somalia attempted to hijack another vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday. This time it was a cruise ship with tourists, Oceania Cruise’s M/S Nautica , on a “32-day cruise from Rome to Singapore, with stops at ports in Italy, Egypt, ...
Pirates Attempt Cruise Ship Capture — Tammy Bruce
A post by Pat A major escalation of piracy was averted when the cruise ship Nautica outran Somali pirate boats. One of the smaller boats came within 300 yards of the liner. Shots were fired at the passengers. There were 656 international passengers and 399 crew members onboard. The Nautica ...
— uggabugga
Why is an unescorted cruise ship anywhere near Somalia? In the news : A luxury cruise ship carrying passengers between Rome and Singapore came under attack from Somali pirates as it sailed between Somalia and Yemen on Sunday. The Nautica, an Oceania cruise ship, was carrying 690 American, ...