Breaking News » Pirate http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews Live News, Breaking News As It Happens Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Maran Centaurus: Somali Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/2009/maran-centaurus-somali-pirates-hijack-oil-tanker/ http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/2009/maran-centaurus-somali-pirates-hijack-oil-tanker/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:04:06 +0000 admin http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/?p=881 Maran Centaurus
Maran Centaurus picture via Cornelis Kloppenburg

“The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was hijacked Sunday about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) off the coast of Somalia, said Cmdr. John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU Naval Force. Harbour said there were 28 crew members on board the 300,000-ton ship.” Link

]]> http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/2009/maran-centaurus-somali-pirates-hijack-oil-tanker/feed/ 1 Somali Pirates Get $3.3 Million Ransom, Free Hostages http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/2009/somali-pirates-get-3-3-million-ransom-free-hostages/ http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/2009/somali-pirates-get-3-3-million-ransom-free-hostages/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:25:07 +0000 admin http://www.oliverwillis.com/livenews/?p=382 “‘The government did what it had to do,’ Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told a news conference in Madrid. ‘The important thing is that the sailors will be back with us. The first obligation of a country, of the government of a state, is to save the lives of its countrymen.’” Link

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