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WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy investigators are probing what happened to $30,000 that was involved in the rescue of a U.S. ship captain from Somali pirates, a source says.
WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. ship captain who was kidnapped by pirates off Somalia said Tuesday the international community needs to unite in the fight against piracy.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- The merchant ship captain who was held hostage by Somali pirates says it is time for the U.S. military to protect ships in the Indian Ocean.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama celebrated his first 100 days in office Wednesday having already pushed through a transformational series of changes in domestic and foreign policy and still riding high in the polls.
HOUSTON, April 27 (UPI) -- A cook from the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged cargo ship boarded by pirates this month, is suing the ship's owners for at least $75,000, his attorney says.
PENSACOLA, Fla., April 21 (UPI) -- A retired U.S. Navy admiral says he was not the author of an e-mail criticizing President Obama for the four-day standoff with pirates off Somalia.
NEW YORK, April 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge in New York Tuesday said a Somali teenager accused of piracy in the kidnapping of Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips will be tried as an adult.
UNDERHILL, Vt., April 17 (UPI) -- Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips said Friday the U.S. military was the real hero in his rescue from Somali pirates who held him captive for four days.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The captain of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Somali pirates tried to hijack last week will return home Friday, the shipping line's leader said Thursday.
