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Vintage Girl
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject: Piracy on the High Seas |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7332003.stm
| Quote: | | French officials say they have had no contact with the crew of a French luxury yacht seized with its crew by Somali pirates. |
I had no idea this kind of thing still happened, but apparently there were 25 acts of piracy in 2007. 
I do hope ~COSTAL~ wasn't involved. 
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kitchenwitch
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| I heard about this as well. When you hear the word pirate you automatically think Pirates of the Carribbean, parrots, peg-legs and eyepatches but obviously they're a lot more sophisticated nowadays. Think about it though, once you're out on the ocean there isn't a lot of protection from an attack, and if a ship is more powerful than yours you're going to be caught. It's scary really. |
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SilverMiniCooperS
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| I heard about this a couple of years ago when there was a special on it. The East coast of Africa, particularly Somalia is especially bad, and many shipping companies won't even venture into those waters. |
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adrien
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Yeah, the word piracy always carries images of Jolly Rodger, no mercy and the smell of blood and gunpowder. Unfortunately, reality is much less romantic...
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Somali pirates end hostage-taking peacefully: French officials
| Quote: | | PARIS, April 11, 2008 (AFP) - Pirates have freed the 30 crew from a French luxury sailing ship which was seized off Somalia one week ago and had been tailed by the French Navy, officials said Friday. |
| Quote: | | Details of the release were expected to be made public following a meeting between Sarkozy and the hostages' families later Friday. A French official, who asked not to be named, said: "Not a shot was fired. It all took place calmly." |
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kitchenwitch
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| I'm sure that was a relief to the hostages to be released. The fact that they ended it all without a shot says volumes for talking things out before storming in guns ablaze. |
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Vintage Girl
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Excellent news.
All's well that ends well.
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| Not before time! |
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Merak
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Piracy on the High Seas |
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| Vintage Girl wrote: |
I had no idea this kind of thing still happened, but apparently there were 25 acts of piracy in 2007. |
yep.. it's quite rife around those areas! Piracy is something you only tend to see in swashbuckling movie - so you don't really consider that it's still going on today, but yup, it is. |
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