Sailors Abducted

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  Captain, 7 Crew Members Kidnapped From Greek Oil Tanker In Cameroon Port

  Armed men attacked a Greek oil tanker near Cameroon's economic capital Douala on Tuesday and abducted eight men including the vessel's Greek captain, the merchant marine ministry said.

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  9 Sailors Kidnapped By Suspected Pirates Off Africa's Benin

  Nine sailors who were waiting in the harbour of the port of Cotonou in Benin have been abducted by suspected pirates, port authorities said Sunday.

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  5 Indian Sailors Kidnapped By Pirates In Nigeria, Confirms Sushma Swaraj

  Five Indian sailors, posted in Nigeria, have been "abducted" by pirates, confirmed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

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  Rodrigo Duterte Threatens To Eat Terrorists After Beheadings

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the terrorists behind the abduction and beheadings of two Vietnamese sailors in a furious reaction to the killings.

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  German Sailor Abducted, Another Killed, In Philippines: Military

  Islamic terrorists who specialise in kidnapping for ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion from their yacht off the southern Philippines, the military said on Monday.

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  Indonesia Urges Action As High-Seas Kidnappings Surge

  Indonesia called Monday on Malaysia and the Philippines to do more to secure their "unsafe" waters after the weekend abduction of sailors by suspected Islamist militants.

• 28 Indian sailors help captive by Somalian pirates released

  A year after their abduction by Somalian pirates, 28 Indian sailors on board two ships have been released and will sail for home, bringing huge relief to their families.

• A year on, no news of sailors abducted by Somali pirates; their families are desperate for answers

  There are 17 Indians on board MT Royal Grace, most of them first-time sailors. Negotiations for their release were in progress till mid-December last year, the last time most families spoke to their relatives held hostage.

• Parents beg to raise funds for abducted sailors

  Parents will do anything to save their offspring, even if it means surrendering societal notions of self-esteem and knocking on the doors of corporate honchos and movie stars to raise the money required for the purpose. The alleged governmental disinterest coupled with a ransom demand of nearly Rs 11.2 crore ($2.5 million) has forced the famil...

• Politics over hostage sailors

  As India wraps up the evacuation of thousands of its people from Libya, some Indian sailors are still held hostage by Somali pirates for close to a year.Eleven of those sailors were finally released on Wednesday, but as many as 79 others may still be out there, waiting and hoping for someone to rescue them.Mounting pressure on the government to ens...

• Somali pirates release 11 Indian sailors

  11 Indians captured along with their ship  have been freed by Somali pirates, after being held hostage for 11 months. The sailors on ship RAK Africana were  picked up by a Spanish naval ship in vicinity (They are) safe," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Twitter, noting that the negotiations for release of the Indians were "delic...

• Pirates abduct 17 Indian sailors off African coast

  Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the African coast.The oil tanker 'Savina Caylyn' was taken over by the pirates at 0520 hours IST with a total of 22 crew members on board, a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.Those abducted ...