January 25, 2012
Two Vietnamese sailors on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean two years ago have called home saying the pirates had chopped off an arm of the captain. The pirates are demanding a US$2.8-million ransom. On January 20, Tran Van Hung, one of the 26 crew members of the [...]
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November 26, 2011
Vietnamese fishermen on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean last December are still in stable condition after spending about one year in the hands of the pirates, online newspaper VnExpress reported. On Dec. 30, 2010, the FV Shiuh Fu No. 1 was last seen being pursued by a [...]
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November 8, 2011
Taiwanese authorities said Monday that a Taiwanese-flagged fishing boat with five Vietnamese sailors onboard was freed from Somali pirates after some of its crew members fought back against the pirates in the Indian Ocean, The China Post reported. The long-line Chin Yi Wen was hijacked on November 4 by six armed Somali pirates near the [...]
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October 1, 2011
An elderly Frenchwoman was kidnapped Friday night close to the Kenyan tourist resort of Lamu, near where the British woman was abducted. An armed gang snatched a 66-year-old wheelchair-bound Frenchwoman from her home near a luxury resort on the Kenyan coast and fled towards Somalia, officials said Saturday. The kidnapping, which happened just across an [...]
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September 24, 2011
File photo of MV Hoang Son Sun, which was released by Somali pirates Thursday after being captivated for nine months. Somali pirates have released a Vietnamese-owned cargo ship and 24 Vietnamese crewmen after receiving US$4.5 million in ransom, according to Somalia Report. The Mongolia-flagged ship MV Hoang Son Sun is currently making her way to [...]
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January 23, 2011
The Vietnamese-owned MV Hoang Son Sun, which was hijacked off the coast of Oman. Somali pirates have captured a Vietnamese-owned cargo ship and 24 Vietnamese crewmen off the coast of Oman, the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) reported on its website Thursday (January 20). Â According to EUNAVFOR, further details of the attack, which took [...]
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January 21, 2011
This undated handout photo released by South Korea’s military shows S.Korean soldiers aboard a helicopter aiming a machine gun at a pirate boat in waters off Somalia. South Korean navy commandos stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all the crew and killing eight pirates, according to military officials. “Our [...]
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January 8, 2011
Twelve Vietnamese crew members on a Taiwanese fishing boat were taken hostage by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean last month, an official said on Wednesday (January 5). According to Dao Cong Hai, deputy director of the Department of the Overseas Labor Management, the Vietnamese crew, aged 19 to 24, worked on the Shiuh [...]
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December 4, 2010
Picture shows a page of the website WikiLeaks featuring its founder Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks website was fighting to stay online Saturday after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive chief and it battled cyber attacks and government attempts to silence it. The whistleblowing website’s founder Julian Assange briefly broke cover to say [...]
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August 13, 2009
Fishermen prepare nets onboard a fishing boat docked at a port in northern Hai Phong City. Fisherman Phung Van Chau says heâs scared of heading out to sea for fear of being detained by foreign fishing patrol ships and losing his entire catch. The boat captain from Ly Son District in Quang Ngai Province says [...]
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