The Chinese bulk carrier, held by Somali sea-shifta for more than two months, was freed early on Monday, the Chinese foreign ministry confirmed. Jiang Yu, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said the crew was rescued early on Monday morning.
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Search for Danny F.II survivors have been called off. The Panamanian-flagged cargo ship MV DANNY F II, carrying 83 people and thousands of livestock, capsized and sank off the Lebanese coast on Thursday (17 December 2009) in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea, 11 nautical miles (20 km) from Tripoli, Lebanon, while sailing from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Tartarus, Syria, carrying six passengers, 77 crew, 10,224 sheep and 17,932 head of cattle. All of the livestock perished as the ship sank.
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The 9 Indian and Bangladeshi crew of illegal fishing vessel FV AL HILAL, which were held in Puntland, have finally been really freed and left Somalia on a tugboat. They are in safety now and could celebrate Christmas in freedom.
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the US Congress of a number of possible foreign military sales (FMS) to countries from the Middle East amounting to some $2.224 billion (€1.56 billion). Egypt has dangled the most contract opportunities requesting the sale of air-to-surface missiles, anti-ship missiles, aircraft engines, and Fast Missile Crafts (FMC) worth a total or some $1.186 billion (€830.94 million). In addition, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait as well as the United Arab Emirates may be potential export customers for US-built military equipment.
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Pirates who prey on international shipping along the Horn of Africa and even more distant waters have claimed that their actions are motivated by illegal fishing in Somali waters. This is a spurious justification for criminal behavior.
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Indian ship with 35 crew escapes pirate attack in the Arabian Sea. A Shipping Corporation of India vessel with 35 crew members on board was attacked by pirates in the Arabian sea, around 300 miles off the western coast, but it managed to escape, a top company official said on Tuesday.
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The earlier sea-jacked MV DELVINA has arrived at the Kenyan port of Mombasa and is anchored at K anchorage after entering the harbour in the shadows of the night yesterday.
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WASHINGTON - Defense officials are hailing passage of the fiscal 2010 budget that funds military programs and wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and provides a military pay raise.
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Hindus have urged Bosnia-Herzegovina to urgently modify its constitution to reflect that all its citizens are treated equally.
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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry increased 0.5% from September to October to nearly $4.1 billion in current dollars.
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