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		<title>Comment on EU Navfor attack on pirate equipment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Commenting on yesterdays's EU Navfor attack on pirate equipment on the Somali shore, Dave Heindel, chairof the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) seafarers' section, said:  ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:36:33 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>EU Naval Force Delivers Blow Against Somali Pirates On Shoreline     </title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earlier today following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action against known pirate supplies on the shore, EU forces conducted an operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali coastline.  ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:33:11 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Top maritime award for SaveOurSeafarers </title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The SaveOurSeafarers (SOS) campaign has been honoured with a Seatrade Award for its significant contribution in the fight against Somali piracy. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:29:44 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>EU force frees Iranian dhow from Somali pirates</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A European Union naval vessel rescued an Iranian fishing dhow that was being used by Somali pirates as a "mothership" for attacks on other boats, the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) said on Saturday ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:47:52 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Pirates hijack Greek oil tanker in Arabian Sea</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ MT Smyrni seized off Oman in first successful attack on an oil tanker in Horn of Africa in a year ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:21:26 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>New pirate prison in Somalia aims to relieve international overload</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Somali pirates captured on the high seas and prosecuted in other countries are now being transferred to a new prison in Somalia. It's a significant change for countries combating piracy but are seeing their own jail systems overwhelmed as the U.S. and other countries continue to catch and turn over pirates to countries willing to prosecute them. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:08:55 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Face to face with a Somali pirate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Very few of the Somali-based pirates who plague the Indian Ocean have been brought to justice, partly as a result of the lack of government in Somalia. But several are being held at Hargeisa prison in Somaliland - an internationally unrecognised state which broke away from Somalia in 1991 ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:58:56 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>SA hostage saga continues in Somalia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The family of a South African couple abducted by Somali pirates over a year and a half ago has finally received fresh proof of life.

Bruno Pelizzari and Debbie Calitz were taken hostage off the Gulf of Aden in October 2010. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:51:13 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Somali pirates change tactics to evade navy heat </title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Somali pirates are switching back to using smaller cargo and fishing boats as motherships, hoping to evade detection as maritime security is stepped up to foil their attacks on merchant vessels, industry and navy sources say.   ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:41:39 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Jury convicts Somali man of piracy in US yacht, German ship hijackings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A Somali man was convicted of piracy on Friday for his role as a hostage negotiator in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and U.S. yacht. The four Americans aboard the yacht were shot to death by pirates, and the crew on the other vessel was tortured to get a higher ransom.Mohammad Saaili Shibin was convicted of the 15 charges he faced, including kidnapping, hostage-taking and weapons charges. He faces a mandatory life sentence. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:43:21 +0200</pubDate>
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