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While international attention was riveted on the Gulf of Aden, a Singapore-registered tugboat in the South China Sea was attacked by pirates on April 7, a reminder that piracy is happening elsewhere in the world as well, underlining the need for a global response. "An American captain freed is a good example," says Nair of NUSI. "But if it remains an isolated, incidental event, it will mean nothing. Now the Somali pirates have threatened revenge; they may become more active...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pirate Hostages: A Few Rescued, but Many Still Languish | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...Alabama was coming to port in Kenya, pirates off Somalia hijacked yet another ship, a tugboat flying under an Italian flag. Sixteen crew were aboard, and ten were Italians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hijacked Ship Back in Port, Its Captain Still a Hostage | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...Alabama was coming to port in Kenya, pirates off Somalia hijacked yet another ship, a tugboat flying under an Italian flag. Sixteen crew were aboard, and ten were Italians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crew Celebrates as Captain Is Rescued from Pirates | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...last night, it's probably under water. Their bulkhead was just six feet high, far too low to stop the storm surge. But it's hard not to feel relieved anyway. We're all safe, and it looks like my brother will get married after all, no tugboat required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out Ike: What it Really Felt Like | 9/13/2008 | See Source »

...hoping the worst will be over by 6 p.m. tomorrow. They've called the wedding guests who are in town and invited them to a chapel in northwest Houston for their marriage ceremony. Matt is optimistic and determined. "If it's just us, the priest and a tugboat, we're getting married," he says. I hope they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Houston Waits for Hurricane Ike | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

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