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Jefferson, U.S. hostages and Somali pirates
... the Revolutionary War, it was also squaring off against largely Muslim pirates in the Mediterranean. These sea ... A couple weeks ago, Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship with 20 American crew members on board ... pirates off at the pass? Ransoms only enable these hooligans. And negotiations never work
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Journalist reports on game he didn't attend
... Francisco Giants game with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, according ... . In June, the Santa Cruz, Calif., Sentinel was forced to print three front-page mea culpas after
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Barbary pirates still at it
... ? The Barbary pirates operating out of North Africa – lands we know today as Morocco, Tunisia ... the Mediterranean for shipping. Century after century vessels were seized, merchandise confiscated, crews ... pirates (the name comes from the original tribes, "the Berbers"). In the tender days when our
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EU naval forces exchange gunfire with pirates
... European Union naval forces exchanged gunfire with Somali pirates yesterday in thwarting an attack ... on a Spanish navy oil tanker near Mogadishu. Five of six suspected pirates detained on the ESPS
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U.S. Navy rescues Iranians held by pirates
... pirates in the Arabian Sea, despite rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. An SH-60S Seahawk ... from the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd detected the pirates while a simultaneous distress call ... the ship Thursday and then detaining 15 suspected pirates who had been holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for several weeks.
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Satellites help track pirate loot in Somalia
... X doesn't mark the spot where pirates stash their loot, but the night-time glow of artificial ... lighting is a dead giveaway. A satellite study has shown for the first time where Somali pirates ... , costing $12 billion a year. The naval threat just makes pirates squeeze more out of every ship
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America arms its enemy
... the Marines to Tripoli to defeat the Muslim pirates that ruled the Mediterranean, the single biggest ... arms to the Ottoman Empire despite the continued raids on Europe by Muslim pirates, and the capture ... and enslavement of European women. Muslim pirates raided the shores of Europe as far north
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Stars and Stripes: The flag of liberty
... , Thomas Jefferson was outraged. For years, pirates from the Barbary nations had plundered ... advocated the use of force against the pirates. And for years, the government had ignored Jefferson ... and paid off the pirates. Now, as president, Jefferson was determined to fight back. America would
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How the mighty have fallen
... For the first time in 200 years, a U.S. merchant vessel has been taken by pirates. Now, the brave ... American crew of this merchant vessel, the Maersk Alabama, was able to overpower the pirates ... and retake the ship – but in the process, the pirates escaped with the captain of the ship
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Man caught in grinder at hummus factory dies
... A man was killed early Friday at Tribe Mediterranean Foods in Taunton after his arm got caught in a grinder. Read the whole story at the Taunton Gazette.