Virginia: 5 Somali Pirates Sentenced To Life In Prison
Five Somali men convicted of piracy for attacking a United States Navy ship off Africa were sentenced Monday to life in prison.
India: Navy Seizes Pirate Ship
The Indian Navy said it had arrested 61 pirates and rescued 13 crew members some 700 miles off the western coast.
India Captures 61 Suspected Somali Pirates
Indian naval patrols captured 61 suspected Somali pirates and rescued 13 crew from a hijacked fishing vessel after a crossfire in the Arabian Sea over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
Somalia: Pirates Repel Effort To Rescue Danish Family
An attempt by armed forces from the semiautonomous region of Puntland to free a Danish family from a [tag]pirate[/tag] gang failed Thursday.
Suspected Pirates Accused Of Killing 4 Americans In Federal Court
Fourteen suspected pirates appeared Thursday in federal court in Virginia, about 7,000 miles from where they were captured for their alleged role in the February hijacking of a yacht that led to the deaths of four Americans.
Pirates Target The Maersk Alabama Again
Pirates targeted the Maersk Alabama, the ship seized in a dramatic operation in the Indian Ocean waters two years ago.
Pirates Hijack Vessel Carrying 7 Danes, Including 3 Children
The Danish government said pirates in the Arabian Sea captured the yacht in the first reported attack on a small pleasure vessel since four Americans were killed by their [tag]pirate[/tag] captors last week.
Johnny Depp: Nautical But Nice
Johnny Depp has appeared in a wide range of films, from art-house, in Jim Jarmusch’s “Dead Man,” to the recent grand-scale reworking of Roald Dahl’s children’s classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory;” from the dark and gothic “Edward Scissorhands” to the understated and deeply moving “Finding Neverland.”
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Wits’ End
In a summer of sequels, the third go-round for Johnny Depp and his not-so-merry miscreants leaves Richard Schickel with a sinking feeling
Somalia Asks Russia For Help With Pirates
The Somali government has asked Russia to intervene against pirates who have seized a Ukrainian cargo ship, the Somali ambassador to Russia said Wednesday.