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Somali pirates release Panama-flagged ship amid ransom reports

Somali pirates have released a Panama-flagged vessel they seized two months ago allowing it to continue on its way to ...

2 kidnapped teachers freed in s. Philippines

Gunmen released on Sunday their two government teachers hostages in the restive southern Philippines, an official ...

US citizen freed a week after kidnapping in Nigeria

A U.S. citizen working for Marubeni Corp who was kidnapped in Nigeria`s oil rich Niger Delta on Jan. 20 has been ...

Somali pirates free Italian tanker hijacked in February

Somali pirates have freed an Italian oil tanker hijacked in February with five Italians and 17 Indians on board after ...

Italian hostage freed in Sudan`s Darfur: report

An unidentified Italian hostage has been released in Sudan`s Darfur region, the Sudan Media Centre, close to the ...

Abu Sayyaf abductors release Filipino-American teenager in S Philippines

A Filipino-American boy held captive was released by Abu Sayyaf captors in Basilan province late Saturday, about five ...

Australian kidnapped in Philippines: military

Gunmen on Monday kidnapped an Australian man living in the violence-plagued southern Philippines, the military ...

Somali pirates jailed for French kidnapping

A French court on Wednesday jailed five Somali men for between four and eight years for taking a French couple hostage ...

Italian ship hijacked by pirates in April freed: reports

An Italian merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in April in the Arabian Sea near Oman with six Italians and 15 ...

Somali pirates release greek-owned ship

Somali pirates have released a Greek owned bulk carrier with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, about 490 nautical ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

Turkish aid workers freed in Mogadishu

Somali authorities have released three Turkish aid workers they detained for delivering aid to drought victms in an ...

Somali pirates release Greek-owned tanker: company

A tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean in October with 24 crew was released on Friday after a "long and ...

Somali pirates free Maltese bulk carrier

Somali pirates have freed a Maltese owned and registered bulk carrier after the payment of a ransom by its owners, the ...

Blind date to blindfold: The kidnap business in Iraq

Nineteen-year-old Mehdi was looking forward to meeting the girl who had been calling for days on his cell phone. But ...