Pirates

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April 3, 2023

Pirates hold hostage some crew of oil tanker off West Africa

Six members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship…
June 1, 2015

Two young fans go nuts when Andrew McCutchen gives them batting gloves

theGRIO REPORT - This is one baseball game a couple of young Pirates fans are never going to forget...
November 9, 2013

'Fishing for crime': Desperation, lack of opportunities behind Nigerian piracy, experts say

NBC News - Anger and frustration that Nigeria's huge oil wealth has not improved the lot of most average citizens…
October 25, 2013

No clues in hunt for Americans kidnapped at sea, Nigeria’s military says

NBC NEWS - Nigerian military officials said Friday they had no leads in the hunt for two Americans kidnapped at…
October 15, 2013

America held hostage: From Somali pirates to House Republicans

OPINION - Like some of their Somali analogues, the Republicans have been ignorant about how to navigate the government shutdown...
August 22, 2011

Somalis get life in prison for US yacht hijacking

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Court records say three of the charged men shot at the Americans and that stray bullets…
May 9, 2011

Why do some Somalis become pirates?

theGRIO REPORT - In a lawless, desperate country, piracy might still seem irresistible. For many young Somali men there is…