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New York Post, 06.01.09 11:45 UTC

FRENCH NAVY WINS! (REALLY. STOP LAUGHING)

Last updated: 2:35 am January 6, 2009 Posted: 2:29 am January 6, 2009 Incroyable ! The French navy finally notched a victory. The fleet from a country known more for its lightning-quick surrenders ...

Telegraph, 05.01.09 12:32 UTC

Colin Freeman celebrates freedom

It came in a crystal glass with a frothy, overflowing head. "And, believe me, a beer has never tasted so good," Colin Freeman, the Sunday Telegraph's Chief Foreign Correspondent, said as he sipped an ice-cold lager in the gardens of the Spanish High Commission in Nairobi.

Seattle Times, 05.01.09 10:31 UTC

N.Y. house fire kills 8

The Nation N.Y. house fire kills 8: A house fire killed eight people, including children, early Sunday morning in upstate New York. Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd said one person escaped the fire ...

Daily Mail, 04.01.09 20:01 UTC

Kidnapped British journalist is released after 40 days of captivity in Somali caves

A British journalist kidnapped by Somalian gunmen has been released after 40 days in captivity. Colin Freeman, 39, the Sunday Telegraph's chief foreign correspondent, was snatched by bodyguards ...

USA Today, 04.01.09 19:33 UTC

French Navy saves shippers from pirates

PARIS (AP) — A French navy vessel has thwarted two attacks by heavily armed Somali pirates in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, just three days after a similar save by the French.

Telegraph, 04.01.09 19:32 UTC

Telegraph journalists Colin Freeman and José Cendon freed by kidnappers in Somalia

Colin Freeman and José Cendon, who were freed yesterday, spent 40 days in a lawless wilderness of arid mountains and dusty caves, four hours' bumpy drive south-west of Somalia's port city of Boosaasoo.

New York Post, 03.01.09 11:40 UTC

TANKER CREW HOSES PIRATES

Posted: 4:09 am January 3, 2009 ATHENS, Greece - The crew of a Greek oil tanker yesterday fought off pirates with high-pressure water jets as the armed thugs tried to board the ship in the Gulf of ...

Houston Chronicle - World, 03.01.09 07:03 UTC

Crew uses fire hoses to foil pirate attack

EU aircraft also help Greek sailors fight off bandits

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 02.01.09 19:02 UTC

Crew fights off Somali pirates with water jets

ATHENS, Greece -- Crewmen fired high-pressure water jets today to fight off heavily armed Somali pirates trying to board a Greek oil tanker in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, officials said. It was the ...