MV NAVIOS APOLLON was captured on December 28, 2009 at 22h10 local time (19h10 UTC) in the Indian Ocean 800 nnautical miles east of Somalia and240nm north-east of Seychelles en route from Tampa, Florida/USA to Rozy / India with a cargo of fertilizer.
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MT ST JAMES PARK was seized on December 28, 2009 at position 12°58'4N-48°34'1E which is in the Gulf of Aden International Recognised Transit Corridor (IRTC), while on voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Tha Phut , Thailand.
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Somali pirates have released the Singapore-flagged container ship MV KOTA WAJAR after nearly 10 weeks in captivity, the EU naval task force Atalante confirmed Monday night.
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After 22 days of joint operations between the Israeli Air Force, the Israel Navy and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Ground Forces, which significantly weakened the Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the State of Israel ended the operation. The weakening of the terror infrastructure and the missile launchers led to the quietest year in the past decade for the area around the Gaza Strip, according to IDF.
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An earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused the Boxing Day tsunami in December 2004. It is considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in history.
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The Chinese bulk carrier, held by Somali sea-shifta for more than two months, was freed early on Monday, the Chinese foreign ministry confirmed. Jiang Yu, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said the crew was rescued early on Monday morning.
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Search for Danny F.II survivors have been called off. The Panamanian-flagged cargo ship MV DANNY F II, carrying 83 people and thousands of livestock, capsized and sank off the Lebanese coast on Thursday (17 December 2009) in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea, 11 nautical miles (20 km) from Tripoli, Lebanon, while sailing from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Tartarus, Syria, carrying six passengers, 77 crew, 10,224 sheep and 17,932 head of cattle. All of the livestock perished as the ship sank.
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The 9 Indian and Bangladeshi crew of illegal fishing vessel FV AL HILAL, which were held in Puntland, have finally been really freed and left Somalia on a tugboat. They are in safety now and could celebrate Christmas in freedom.
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the US Congress of a number of possible foreign military sales (FMS) to countries from the Middle East amounting to some $2.224 billion (€1.56 billion). Egypt has dangled the most contract opportunities requesting the sale of air-to-surface missiles, anti-ship missiles, aircraft engines, and Fast Missile Crafts (FMC) worth a total or some $1.186 billion (€830.94 million). In addition, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait as well as the United Arab Emirates may be potential export customers for US-built military equipment.
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Pirates who prey on international shipping along the Horn of Africa and even more distant waters have claimed that their actions are motivated by illegal fishing in Somali waters. This is a spurious justification for criminal behavior.
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