Posts Tagged ‘indian-ocean’

Top mountain bikers brave volcano

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Julien Absalon is one of hundreds of mountain bikers that have descended on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to compete in one of the world’s most extreme sporting challenges.

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U.S. jury convicts 5 Somalis of piracy

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

A federal jury in Virginia has found five Somali men guilty of piracy and several other charges in the March attack on a U.S. warship in the Indian Ocean, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

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U.S. jury convicts 5 Somalis of piracy

Money in Piracy Attracts More Somalis

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

The monsoon season has ended and the Indian Ocean is calm again. For Somalia’s pirates, that means one thing: it is a busy time of the year.

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Pirates hold UK couple for 12 months

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

It is exactly a year since Paul and Rachel Chandler were seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean along with their yacht, as they sailed from the Seychelles to Tanzania.

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