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MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 18 (UPI) -- Somali pirates Saturday released a German-owned cargo ship and its 11 crew members they commandeered in the Gulf of Aden in two months ago, an official said.
MOMBASA, Kenya, May 10 (UPI) -- Crew members of a British-owned cargo ship were reported in good health after being released by Somali pirates for a ransom, maritime officials in Kenya said.
MOMBASA, Kenya, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Six Somali pirates drowned with a share of the booty shortly after the owners of a hijacked Saudi oil supertanker paid a $3 million ransom, their leader said.
MOMBASA, Kenya, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A supertanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates as it carried 2 million barrels of oil to the United States has been released, the pirates said Friday.
MOMBASA, Kenya, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Pirates have hijacked four more ships off the coast of Somalia, maritime officials say, bringing the number of ships now being held to 19.
MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Indian Navy said Saturday it had captured 23 pirates as they tried to board an Ethiopian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The owners of a Ukrainian arms ship hijacked off Somalia more than two months ago have agreed to pirates' $20 million ransom demands, an official says.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Pirates off the Somali coast in Africa have seized a Yemeni freighter, a Kenyan maritime official said Tuesday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Pirates off the coast of Somalia have relinquished control of a Greek-owned oil tanker commandeered two months ago, officials said Saturday.
DEAUVILLE, France, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The European Union approved setting up an anti-piracy operation off the Somali coast, with at least eight countries agreeing to participate, officials said.