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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have released two ships they commandeered on the high seas after apparently extracting millions of dollars in ransoms, officials said Saturday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A British-flagged chemical tanker and its 26-member crew were seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, a pirate spokesman said Tuesday.
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, 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, 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.
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.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Armed Somali pirates hijacked a Greek ship with a crew of 19 of the Somali coast, a regional maritime official said Monday.
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 29 (UPI) -- Kenyan maritime authorities Thursday said two cargo ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden in the same area another ship was seized Sunday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy destroyer entered Somali waters while following a hijacked ship loaded with highly explosive benzene, CNN reported Tuesday.
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