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Egypt boat held by Somali pirates freed after 10 months

An Egyptian boat seized with its 22-member crew by pirates off the coast of Somalia in August 2010 has been freed, an ...

Indonesia, S Korean navies to cooperate in tackling piracy

The Indonesian and South Korean navies have agreed to cooperate in handling piracy and a variety of other crimes at ...

Somali pirates free Kuwaiti oil tanker

Somali pirates say they freed a UAE-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker after a $12-million ransom was paid.The 105,846 ...

Bulgarian helicopter crew freed in Darfur: WFP

Three Bulgarian helicopter crew on a UN contract kidnapped in Sudan`s troubled Darfur region were released on Monday ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...

Hijacked Taiwan skipper killed in crossfire with US

The captain of a hijacked Taiwanese fishing boast was killed in crossfire between the US Navy and Somali pirates, the ...

Lebanese army releases three kidnapped Iraqis

Three kidnapped Iraqis were freed by the Lebanese army in a raid in the northern border town of Wadi Khaled, said a ...

Syrian authorities set free human rights activist

The Syrian authorities on Sunday released Anwar al-Bunni, a Syrian lawyer and human rights activist, after he finished ...

President proud of task force`s success in rescuing sailors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was proud of the military task force`s success in rescuing the crew of MV ...

Libya frees four foreign journalists

Libya freed four foreign reporters on Wednesday who had been charged with entering the country illegally and said it ...

Former Mubarak aide faces new corruption probe-aide

Egypt`s anti-graft agency opened a new corruption investigation into ousted President Hosni Mubarak`s former chief of ...

Nato says it intercepts bomb-loaded Libyan boat

NATO warships thwarted Monday a bid by Moamer Kadhafi`s forces to use small boats loaded with improvised explosive ...

Syria frees prominent dissident on bail: NGO

Syria freed prominent dissident Riad Seif on bail Sunday pending his trial after he was detained earlier this month ...

Agreement needed to escort commercial ships

Navy Chief Admiral Soeparno said an agreement was needed before Indonesian flagged ships intending to pass through ...

Six Syrian opposition figures released: lawyer

Syrian authorities have freed six Syrian opposition figures, including five arrested in a crackdown on protests, a ...