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- Higher speeds, hired guns drive Somali piracy cost
LONDON (Reuters) - Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean costs the global economy some $7 billion a year, a study said on Wednesday, with ships forced to travel faster over longer routes and increasingly hire armed security guards. "The question for the shipping industry is how long this is sustainable," said Anna Bowden, programme manager for the research by the U.S.-based One Earth Future ... - Man pleads guilty in Minn. Somali terror case
A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm. - Somali-American admits aiding Al Qaeda terrorists
A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm. - Britain may try, jail Somali pirates
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Britain may put on trial and jail Somali pirates in the United Kingdom if its citizens are attacked at sea, but the government's priority is to help Somalia boost its inadequate prison capacity, a British minister said on Saturday. Pirates operating from the Somali coast have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms from hijacking ships and currently hold up to ... - Somali Pirates Cost $6.9 Billion
MANILA, Philippines - Somali pirates cost the shipping industry and governments as much as $6.9 billion last year as average ransom payments advanced 25 percent, according to One Earth Future Foundation. Ships are spending an extra $2.7 billion on fuel to speed up through the area because no vessel has been captured while traveling at 18 knots or faster, the Colorado-based nonprofit group said ... - Somali pirates seize 21 Filipinos from hijacked ship
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Somali pirates on Thursday hijacked the MV Free Goddess, a Greek-owned bulk carrier with 21 Filipino crew members aboard, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). - UN: Somali famine over but warns of risks
The United Nations said Friday that conditions in Somalia have improved enough to downgrade the country's famine, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back. - Somali Pirates Cost $6.9 Billion as Attacks Reach Record
Somali pirates cost the shipping industry and governments as much as $6.9 billion last year as average ransom payments advanced 25 percent, according to One Earth Future Foundation. - Somali-American admits in Minn. federal court to sending money, people to Somali terror group
MINNEAPOLIS - A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm. - Somali piracy costs global economy $7bn
Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean costs the global economy about $7 billion (R53bn) a year, a study showed yesterday, with ships forced to travel faster over longer routes and increasingly hire armed security guards.
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