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Project Censored whose mission is to “teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society” comes up with its Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009/2010. For reasons exclusively known to them, mainstream media censored or downplayed these significant pieces of news. Here are some of them. You are free to form your own opinion [...]

A British couple, currently in the captivity of the Somali pirates have pleaded for their lives to the British government and have stated that, the pirates are fast losing their patience and might be close to killing them. The couple was kidnapped from their yacht in the month of October by Somali pirates this year and the hostage takers had demanded [...]

The U.S merchant ship, Maersk Alabama was again attacked today by Somali pirates, who hit the vessel with automatic weapons, but their assault was thwarted by a group of private security force that was on board and was responsible for the ship’s security. The Maersk Alabama was being monitored by a U.S surveillance aircraft, while the vessel [...]

36 occupants of a Spanish trawler that was boarded and captured by Somali pirates have been released by the hostage takers, with the pirates claiming that, $3.3 million were paid as ransom by the Spanish government for their release. The Spanish authorities have neither confirmed or denied paying the ransom to the pirates. After the release of the [...]

Paul Chandler and Rachel, the two adventurous British couple who were sailing from Seychelles to Tanzania have been taken hostage by Somali Pirates. The confirmation came from the yachtsman Chandler himself. He spoke to ITV News from the captain’s cabin of the ship where they are being held. Somali pirates have become worst nightmares for sailors [...]

Come December and the world will witness the largest and the most expensive private yacht named “private gigayacht the Eclipse”. It’s owned by none other than Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club and one of the wealthiest self-made billionaires. The unprecedented yacht is built at a whopping US$ 1.2 billion. The security [...]

Somali pirates are businessmen. They have a pricing policy. They have traders working with them. They even have a spokesman. Just as financial traders and market speculators can be, they can also become excessively greedy and aggressive. This is clearly what is happening today off the eastern coast of Africa. These buccaneers-entrepreneurs certainly [...]

The Somali pirate who participated in the abduction of Captain Richard Phillips and who was captured last week by the US Navy is the only pirate who survived the operation deployed to rescue the captain. The three other Somali men were shot dead by Navy Seal snipers. Abdi Wali Muse came to New York on Monday and has appeared before a court in a landmark [...]

Somali pirates have threatened to retaliate after two hostage rescues by foreign forces have killed at least five of their companions. The last operation undertaken by US forces gained the release of Captain Richard Phillips. Three Somali pirates perished during the rescue operation. Recent events have raised fears of increased violence in the shipping [...]

The kidnapping of oil tanker Saudi Sirius Star will weigh on consumers’ pocket of the West, experts warn. They anticipate that the cargo ships now take a longer route to avoid the action of the Somali pirates on the east coast of Africa and southern Yemen. The Norwegian group Odfjell, one of the most important shipping firms in the world, announced [...]