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The Student Labor Action Movement, a Phillips Brooks House Association program that focuses on promoting labor rights on campus, also addressed the Council during yesterday’s meeting.
Phillips was taken on board the U.S.S. Bainbridge, an American warship in nearby waters, according to CNN. Details of his rescue have not yet been revealed. But it came after negotiations, mediated by Somali tribal elders, had broken off, reportedly because U.S. negotiators were adamant that the pirates give themselves...
On Wednesday, Phillips had given himself up to the pirates, apparently to win freedom for the rest of his crew. The Alabama, a U.S. ship, and its 19 remaining crew members then sailed for shore and docked in Mombasa on Saturday - its sailors relieved to be safe but distraught over...
The crew was ecstatic when they found out their captain had been saved. Nine of the sailors, one with a U.S. flag draped on his shoulders, came to the stern to share their feelings with reporters. Said one, "He's one of the best men I've ever met. The...
The ill-fated pirates had not demanded a ransom for Phillips. Numerous shipping companies have paid millions of dollars in ransom to free some of the dozens of ships that have been hijacked in recent months off Somalia. A Somali man who said he was a go-between for Somali...