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Pirate attacks reach a new high,
with Indonesia's waters the worst
Seventy-two people were killed in 469 attacks last year, a maritime monitoring group reported. The number of pirate attacks in 2000 rose 57% from 1999, with about one-third of them occurring in Indonesian waters, the International Maritime Bureau said in its annual report. Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago with 13,000 islands, was also the country where pirate attacks we
re most violent, the report said. Piracy also increased in Bangladesh, India, Ecuador, the Strait of Malacca and the Red Sea, the report said.
Colombia's president challenges
rebel leader to face-to-face talks
President Andres Pastrana challenged Colombia's top guerrilla leader to a meeting to salvage peace talks. He also extended a rebel safe haven for four days. Pastrana invited Manuel Marulanda, founder and chief of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to meet by Sunday. ...
- Pirate attacks could boost Gulf of Aden rates; But impact limited for overall...
- Magazine article from: Business Insurance Phillips, Zack November 24, 2008 700+ words
...Smith and Decker and others said the recent uptick in pirate attacks would not affect the market beyond shippers traveling through...dollars (annually) and the amount of loss (the spate of pirate attacks) represents is very, very small.'' In addition, shippers...
- A rise in pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast.(WORLD)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Simpson, Sarah March 20, 2008 700+ words
...s oil-rich waters. Nigeria has seen a massive rise in pirate attacks in recent weeks, with officials linking the upsurge to...Trawler fishermen in the area suffered more than 100 pirate attacks in 2007, and a spike of 50 attacks in the first month of...
- 'Success' Rate of Pirate Attacks is Falling.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 20, 2009 700+ words
...PRESSWIRE-20 April 2009-Chatham House: 'Success' Rate of Pirate Attacks is Falling(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...of disrupting pirate activity. The 'success' rate of pirate attacks has dropped from around 1 in 3 to around 1 in 4 and captured...
- Russia to deploy more warships to counter pirate attacks.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. November 20, 2008 700+ words
Russia to deploy more warships to counter pirate attacks Moscow, Nov 20 (PTI) Russia will deploy more warships off the East African coast to combat pirate attacks on merchant vessels and ensure security of shipping lanes, the Naval Chief announced...
- Insurers on board with piracy risks; New coverages offered to protect...
- Magazine article from: Business Insurance Phillips, Zack September 7, 2009 700+ words
Byline: ZACK PHILLIPS As pirate attacks against commercial vessels continue near Somalia, shipowners...consultant helps plan a ship's route based on recent data of pirate attacks and sightings, provides security information, tracks the...
- Pirate attacks - Cambridge Consultants' holographic radar could have seen them...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 18, 2008 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-18 November 2008-CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS: Pirate attacks - Cambridge Consultants' holographic radar could have seen them coming; Cambridge Consultants novel holographic radar technology...
- Pirate attacks more than double this year
- Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 16, 2009 700+ words
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Pirate attacks worldwide more than doubled in the first half of 2009 amid a surge of raids on vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the east coast of...
- Pirate attacks increase on world's commercial ships.(Briefing)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Best's Review Jones, Marc December 1, 2007 700+ words
Pirate attacks against ships rose 14% in the first nine months of 2007, with much of the increase occurring along the Africa coast, according...
