Human Element

  • Vietnamese tanker crew freed by pirates

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    Hijackings for oil product cargoes continue in S. E. Asia Vietnamese tanker crew freed by pirates A Vietnamese oil tanker which went missing last week was seized by pirates who […]

  • Pirates and clan fight in Somalia

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    Fight breaks out leaving several injured.  Several people injured in fighting between pirates and local residents in Somalia Bitter fighting between Somali pirates and clan militias have on Tuesday morning […]

  • MPHRP: Action won’t be diluted

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    MPHRP instrumental in hostage release and welfare.  Hostage programme says partners will not dilute action Girija Shettar An industry gathering has pledged that support for hostages will not be diminished. […]

  • Devil and the deep blue sea

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    Devil and the deep blue sea: how Mediterranean migrant disaster unfolded Desperate migrants from Gaza and Syria tell how they put themselves at the mercy of people smugglers – and […]

  • Gulf of Aden risk downgraded

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    Reduction in pirate activity leads to pay cut. Hazard pay for seafarers passing by Gulf of Aden limited as risk status downgraded By: Veronica Uy MANILA – Hazard pay for seafarers […]

  • Police end migrant stand off

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    Rescued migrants had refused to leave cruise ship. Cyprus police end migrant stand-off aboard cruise ship Police in Cyprus have persuaded nearly 300 migrants, thought to be Syrian refugees, to […]

  • Pirates kill each other in gunfight

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    Argument over ransom money leads to shoot out. Somalia: Five Dead in Somali Pirates fight Over Ransom A group of Somali pirates exchanged heavy gunfire on Thursday over a ransom […]

  • The forgotten victims of piracy

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    Event held in London to raise awareness of the plight of hostages on day of Michael Scott Moore’s release. Seafarers – forgotten victims of maritime piracy BY RITA PAYNE With […]

  • Somali pirates release American hostage

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    American journalist finally freed by pirate captors.  Michael Scott Moore: Journalist freed in Somalia Journalist Michael Scott Moore, who has dual US and German citizenship, has been released after nearly […]

  • Fisherman shot dead off Qatar coast

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    Another Indian fisherman shot and killed. Tamil Nadu fisherman shot dead off Qatar coast Daniel George CHENNAI: A 32-year-old fisherman from Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram was shot dead off the Qatar […]

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