Read more pirates stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13764/pirates.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:03:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74606/pirates-holding-12-year-old-girl-for-ransom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA just-released pirate hostage says the Somalian scallywags are holding a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl captive aboard the British ship Ariana. Captain Ricardo Blach, whose ship, the Alakrana, was released last week after six weeks of captivity, says the pirates at one point brought him aboard the Ariana, where he met...http://www.newser.com/story/74606/pirates-holding-12-year-old-girl-for-ransom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 9:29:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74293/maersk-alabama-repels-2nd-pirate-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSomali pirates today attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, but guards on board the US-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt. When pirates attacked with automatic weapons early this morning about 350 nautical miles east of the Somali coast, guards on board the craft fired...http://www.newser.com/story/74293/maersk-alabama-repels-2nd-pirate-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:30:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72983/somali-pirates-demand-7m-ransom-for-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe British couple abducted from their yacht at gunpoint are being held for $7 million ransom, a rep for the Somali pirates who kidnapped them said today. Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago in the Indian Ocean. "NATO operations had a lot of negative impact here," the...http://www.newser.com/story/72983/somali-pirates-demand-7m-ransom-for-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 17:02:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72951/how-skulls-took-over-fashion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSkulls, once seen as sinister symbols, are now used on everything from children's shirts to underwear. Sara Dickerman of Slate takes a look at how the trend developed: In the 16th century, artists like Albrecht Dürer were still using skulls to remind people of their mortality. French pirate Emanuel Wynn...http://www.newser.com/story/72951/how-skulls-took-over-fashion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:08:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72883/uk-yacht-couple-ok-with-somali-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British couple taken from their yacht by Somali pirates say they’re in good condition and are being held aboard a hijacked container ship. “We are well and being looked after OK,” Paul Chandler, 59, told the BBC by phone today; he also spoke to British channel ITN, saying the...http://www.newser.com/story/72883/uk-yacht-couple-ok-with-somali-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 19:11:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72650/pirates-hijack-yacht-kidnap-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British couple whose yacht went missing in the Indian Ocean four days ago is being held by Somali pirates. The couple was captured during a round-the-world trip while sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania; five international warships were searching hundreds of miles off the African coast for the pair....http://www.newser.com/story/72650/pirates-hijack-yacht-kidnap-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 8:35:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68602/journo-who-broke-russian-pirate-story-flees-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Russian journalist who was first to report on the disappearance of the Arctic Sea cargo ship has fled the country after receiving threats, the Guardian reports. Mikhail Voitenko, who speculated that the ship may have been carrying a secret cargo of weapons or "something much more expensive and dangerous,...http://www.newser.com/story/68602/journo-who-broke-russian-pirate-story-flees-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 5:01:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67273/hijackers-threatened-to-scuttle-russian-freighter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hijackers of the Russian-crewed freighter Arctic Sea planned to destroy it if their ransom demand was not met, Reuters reports. “The crew members have already confirmed that the captors demanded a ransom and threatened to blow up the vessel,” says a Russian defense official. There was no comment on...http://www.newser.com/story/67273/hijackers-threatened-to-scuttle-russian-freighter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67191/russia-arrests-8-in-ship-hijacking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussia's navy arrested eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter near Sweden and forcing the crew to sail to West Africa, the defense minister said today. The suspected hijackers were detained by the naval vessel that found the Russian-crewed freighter yesterday off Cape Verde, thousands of miles from...http://www.newser.com/story/67191/russia-arrests-8-in-ship-hijacking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 8:57:54 CDT