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Is any vessel in international waters subject to boarding and killing of passengers by countries like Israel?

February 23rd, 2011
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Is any vessel in international waters subject to boarding and killing of passengers by countries like Israel?
Who is on the list of countries with the right to board ships in international…

After 388 days, Somali pirates free British couple (AP)

November 15th, 2010

British sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler, left, talk with a local leader after the two were released from captivity on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in Adado town, Somalia. The British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago were set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since the rash of piracy began off East Africa. Pirates boarded the Chandler's 38-foot yacht the night of Oct. 23, 2009, while sailing from the island nation of Seychelles. The couple, married for almost three decades, took early retirement about four years ago and were spending six-month spells at sea. (AP Photo)AP - The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort…

Couple freed by Somali pirates ‘happy to be alive’ (AFP)

November 14th, 2010

Couple Rachel and Paul Chandler are seen at the Presidential palace in Mogadishu after their release by Somali pirates following more than a year in captivity. The Chandlers said they were AFP - Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were “happy to be alive” after the Somali pirates who hijacked the couple’s yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for…

British couple freed by pirates arrives in Kenya (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Released British hostage Rachel Chandler disembarks from a plane as she arrives at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - A plane carrying British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler landed in the Kenyan capital on Sunday after their release from captivity by Somali pirates.


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British couple released by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Released British hostage Rachel Chandler disembarks from a plane as she arrives at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler on Sunday after holding them hostage for more than a year.


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Somali pirates free British couple (AFP)

November 14th, 2010

A woman watches video footage last year of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler after they were kidnapped while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Pirates on Sunday freed the couple, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked a year ago.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Somali pirates on Sunday freed British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked off the idyllic shores of the Seychelles…

Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates…

Pirates may have hijacked Britons’ yacht (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

The Somali suspects listen to the verdict during their piracy trial in the Yemeni port of Aden. The court has sentenced 10 Somalis to five years in prison and acquitted three others.(AFP)Reuters - The head of a regional maritime group said Monday it was investigating reports that Somali pirates had hijacked a yacht with three British citizens aboard in the Indian…

Pirates seize 2 ships off Kenya (AP)

October 24th, 2010

In this undated photo released Sunday Oct. 24, 2010, by Interunity Management Corporation SA, (IMC) showing the MV York merchant vessel which was boarded by suspected Somali pirates approximately 90 nautical miles from Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday Oct. 23, 2010.  A distress signal from the vessel was received Saturday as the York sailed between Mombasa and Mahe, Seychelles, with 17 crew aboard, and is now believed to be headed towards Somalia under the control of pirates. (AP Photo/IMC) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Somali pirates seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya on Sunday — the second commercial vessel to be captured in the region in as many…

Mexican lake victim possibly mistaken for other (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - The American tourist who reportedly was shot and killed by Mexican pirates on a border lake may have been a victim of mistaken identity, a U.S. consulate official…