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Somali pirates capture fishing boat, South Korea dispatches naval unit
•South Korea's military dispatched a naval unit in waters off Somalia after pirates presumably hijacked a fishing vessel
Somali forces rescue hijacked Indian cargo ship from pirates, 8 crew members still missing
•Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued
China ignores India's role in rescuing ship hijacked by Somali pirates
•China on Monday claimed full credit for rescuing a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the strategic Gulf of Aden, ignoring Indian Navy's role in the operation.
Indian and Chinese navies rescue ship off Yemen coast from Somali pirates
Fp Staff •Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a bulk carrier ship, the head of a maritime security company said on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks after years of calm.
Somali pirates arrested in 2011 near Lakshwadeep coast set to return home
Fp Staff •There might finally be some good news for the Somali men held in Navi Mumbai's Taloja Road jail.
Somali pirates hijack Indian commercial ship Al Kaushar with 11 crew members on board
Fp Staff •Pirates have hijacked a Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia and the vessel is heading toward the shore, a former government anti-piracy official told Reuters on Monday.
Mumbai: Seven Indian sailors freed by Somali pirates after 4 years return home
Fp Staff •Seven Indian sailors, who were freed by the Somali pirates after four years in captivity, returned home on Monday.
Captain Phillips review: High tension on high seas with Tom Hanks, pirates
Deepanjana •Captain Phillips is the first Hollywood film that made me desperately crave an interval.
Spy fears: Somali militants ban mobile Internet
Tech2 News Staff •Ban pirates, UN tells Somalia
Fp Archives •The UN Security Council has unanimously called on Somalia to pass laws banning seafaring pirates off its coasts and urged the east African nation to more aggressively combat them and the crime lords on land who finance and organize their raids.