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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 2 - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday renewed its authorization for countries to use military force against pirates operating off Somalia who have crippled one of the world's most important shipping...

LONDON, Sept 18 - The world's naval powers must commit more warships to patrol the commercially strategic Gulf of Aden to counter rising levels of piracy off the coast of Somalia, some top global shipping...

HONG KONG, Sept 17 - Hijackers have seized a cargo ship chartered by chemical tanker shipping group Stolt-Nielsen <SNI.OL> off the Somali coast, a senior company officer said on Wednesday. Andrew Pickering, managing director for...

* U.S. Coast Guard requires guards on ships off Somalia * Ship owners to decide on using armed or unarmed guards * New mandate follows escalating Horn of Africa piracy FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 12...

* U.S. Coast Guard requires guards on ships off Somalia * Ship owners to decide on using armed or unarmed guards * New mandate follows escalating Horn of Africa piracy FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 12...

MIAMI, May 5 - An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, the government of the Caribbean state said on Tuesday. "At approximately 09:09 a.m. AST ,...

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES A German navy ship foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack an Egyptian cargo vessel off Somalia, the BBC reported, citing unnamed officials. Sailors from the frigate Karlsruhe captured six Somali pirates,...

MANILA (AFP)--Pirates have released a Greek freighter and its all-Filipino crew off Somalia, Philippine officials said Friday. The gunmen released the Centauri late Thursday and the Filipinos aboard "are in good condition," Foreign Undersecretary Este...

SEOUL (AFP)--South Korea plans to send a destroyer to the lawless waters off Somalia, where several of its merchant ships have been hijacked by pirates, a report said Thursday. Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed...

MANILA (AFP)--The vice-president of the Philippines on Thursday confirmed the hijacking of a Filipino-staffed ship off Somalia and appealed to shipping companies to sail within areas patrolled by a multinational coalition. "We are still awaiting...