Category Archives: Ransom

Family, academy express relief after captain’s rescue

By doris | Published: April 13, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com But for those four days, they were on the minds of people around the globe, from the captain’s hometown in Vermont, to the White House, to port cities and anywhere that families send their loved ones off to sea. “I actually was more concerned for his family,” said Adm. Rick Gurnon, [...]

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US ships block help for pirates holding US captain

By doris | Published: April 11, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. warships are trying to stop Somali pirates from sending reinforcements to a lifeboat where an American captain is being held hostage as the high-seas standoff off Africa’s eastern coast entered a fourth day Saturday. Underscoring the high stakes involved, France’s navy on Friday freed a sailboat seized [...]

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Pirates holding U.S. hostage: ‘We’re not afraid’

By doris | Published: April 10, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali pirates holding an American hostage on a drifting lifeboat vowed on Friday to fight any attack by U.S. naval forces stalking them at high sea. “We are not afraid of the Americans,” one of the pirates told Reuters by satellite phone on behalf of the gang holding [...]

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As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast

By doris | Published: April 8, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com The attacks, which took place south of the area patrolled by U.S. and coalition ships, shows pirates are changing their tactics and taking advantage of tens of thousands of square miles of open water where fewer military ships patrol, according to U.S. military officials. “They [pirates] are going where we are [...]

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13 Shot Dead During a Class on Citizenship

By doris | Published: April 4, 2009

Full Story At  NYTimes.com A gunman invaded an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton, N.Y., during citizenship classes on Friday and shot 13 people to death and critically wounded 4 others before killing himself in a paroxysm of violence that turned a quiet civic setting into scenes of carnage and chaos.

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Gunman kills 3 officers, wounds 4th in Oakland

By doris | Published: March 22, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com OAKLAND, Calif. – A police officer was battling for his life and three more were dead after a parolee with an “extensive criminal history” opened fire at a routine traffic stop and hours later gunned down members of a SWAT team searching for him. The gunman was also killed Saturday, capping [...]

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Treasure: Somali Pirates Snag $3.2M Ransom

By doris | Published: February 6, 2009

Full Story At CBS News (AP) Somali pirates freed an arms-laden ship after a 4 1/2-month standoff Thursday, speeding off in small boats with a $3.2 million ransom. The U.S. Navy stood by helplessly, unable to accost the pirates because they still hold nearly 150 other seamen hostage. The pirates counted the cash after it [...]

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