Days after pirates seized a Saudi-owned supertanker, the Indian Navy said on Wednesday that it set one suspect vessel on fire and forced the pirates to abandon a second.

The Saudi owners of the supertanker, which was seized by pirates, were negotiating for the safe return of its crew.

One pirate was reportedly killed and others wounded Saturday, October 18, in a fire exchange between Cameroonian soldiers and pirates in the now unstable Bakassi Peninsula.

The world pays attention to its pirates, not to the continuing famine and warfare.

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The pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter had no idea that the ship was carrying arms, they said.

A spokesman for the pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter loaded with arms said that they had been misunderstood.

Letter: Whether or not pirates are interested in a ship's cargo as part of their bargaining power to seek reward is immaterial

Somali officials urged the American Navy to send in commandos as a hostage died and the pirates vowed to fight to the death.

Somali officials urged the American Navy to send in commandos as a hostage died and the pirates vowed to fight to the death.