NAIROBI, Kenya (Dec. 2) - The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too much for Somali pirates to resist. But the six bandits, riding in two skiffs and firing rifle ...

Pirates Chase But Can't Catch U.S. Oceanliner - The Ledger

The liner, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday when it encountered six bandits in two speedboats, said Noel Choong who heads the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting ...

Blackwater holding anti-piracy meetings - Army Times

MOYOCK, N.C. — Private security contractor Blackwater Worldwide is meeting with shipping and insurance companies this week to describe what the company can do to protect vessels traveling through the volatile Gulf of Aden. Blackwater is holding ...

Countries can enter Somali waters to fight piracy: UN - Thaindian.com

United Nations, Dec 3 (IANS) The UN Security Council has passed a resolution permitting member countries to enter the territorial waters of Somalia to fight piracy. The US-sponsored resolution, passed unanimously by the Security Council Tuesday, is ...

Rice charms with Brahms - New Zealand Herald

LONDON - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice performed in a piano quintet for the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Rice played Brahms' Op 34 with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's wife, Louise, on violin, and three members of the ...