Read more Kalashnikov stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4603/kalashnikov.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 10:00:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57923/french-ship-grabs-11-pirates-off-of-somalia.html<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=205607&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331224539' border='0' />A French naval vessel has intercepted 11 armed pirates off the coast of Somalia, according to a Defense Ministry spokesman, who says the pirates were traveling in two assault vessels and a so-called "mothership" loaded with provisions, Kalashnikovs, rockets, and rocket launchers. He says all 11 are Somali nationals.Crew members work on the desk of the French navy frigate Nivose as the Maersk Alabama leaves the port of Mombasa, Kenya, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The French navy is active in the area.http://www.newser.com/story/57923/french-ship-grabs-11-pirates-off-of-somalia.htmlSun, 03 May 2009 10:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3959/ak-47-turns-60.htmlNewsDude<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10803&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034229' border='0' />In 1941, while hospitalized for wounds received fighting the Nazis, Russian soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov designed a rifle that combined the best of the American M1 and the German StG44. The "Avtomat Kalashnikov," first produced in 1947, became known as the AK-47. It is prized by warriors of many stripes for...Mikhail Kalashnikov, 88, stands at his AK-47 Nr.1, a prototype of the famous AK-47 rifle, during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the worldwide assault rifle's creation in the Russia's Armed Forces Central Museum in Moscow, Friday, July 6, 2007. The red flag in the background is the banner flown from the top of the Reichstag in Berlin after the building was seized by Soviet troops a week before the Nazi surrender in May 1945. The photo depicts Victory Parade in Moscow in June 1945. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)http://www.newser.com/story/3959/ak-47-turns-60.htmlSat, 07 Jul 2007 07:39:57 CDT