LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- A British publication says it learned that some acts of Somali piracy are connected to legitimate businesses, even to law enforcement.
LOS ANGELES, April 13 (UPI) -- U.S. actor William Hurt has been cast in director Ridley Scott's upcoming movie version of the Robin Hood tale, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
ETON, England, March 15 (UPI) -- A monk's note in a medieval book indicates if Robin Hood was a real person he was not necessarily held in high regard, a British academic says.
LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- British director Ridley Scott says he is teaming up with Australian actor Russell Crowe, who he directed in "Gladiator," for a tougher version of "Robin Hood."
BARGAL, Somalia, June 3 (UPI) -- Hijackers of a Dutch freighter off the coast of Somalia are threatening to kill the crew if rescuers storm the ship.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 5 (UPI) -- Pirates boarded a French yacht off the coast of Somalia and took 30 crew members hostage, authorities said Saturday.
LONDON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Although he was left out of a recent British TV incarnation of "Robin Hood," the character of Friar Tuck may appear in a subsequent installment.
LONDON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Despite declining ratings and mixed reviews in Britain, "Robin Hood" has been picked up by the BBC for a second season.
NOTTINGHAM, England, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A heated regional dispute is growing in central England over whether the fabled Robin Hood lived and robbed in Nottinghamshire, or in Yorkshire.
LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Researchers in London are prepared to debunk the image of Robin Hood as a noble outlaw who was exiled to Sherwood Forest by evil barons.
