MOMBASA, Kenya—The 11 Somali men, accused in a pirate attack on a Liberian freighter, filed slowly into the wood-paneled court. The magistrate took one look at their dingy shirts, jackets and sarongs -- two were barefoot -- and ordered a court official to make sure they were "dressed properly" for their next appearance.Amid proposals for an international tribunal to tackle piracy, Kenya is implementing agreements with the European Union and the United States by putting the bandits on trial, even if they are caught on the high seas by other nations and have not attacked Kenyan interests.Thursday's hearing was the first court appearance for the men who were tracked down by French commandos and seized April 15 from their skiffs in waters off Somalia, the lawless epicenter of the flourishing pirate industry off the Horn of Africa.more,..
http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/04/23/kenya_court_begins_somali_piracy_cases/Somali pirates fr
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SOMALI pirates have released a Greek-owned chemtanker captured in late March, Athens-based manager Lotus Shipping has confirmed to Lloyd’s List.A representative of the company said that 1997-built, 8,742 dwt Nipayia and its crew of 19 — all Filipino nationals save the Russian master — had been set free on Saturday. All the sea.
MOMBASA, Kenya—The 11 Somali men, accused in a pirate attack on a Liberian freighter, filed slowly into the wood-paneled court. The magistrate took one look at their dingy shirts, jackets and sarongs -- two were barefoot -- and ordered a court official to make sure they were "dressed properly" for their next appearance.Amid proposals for an international tribunal to tackle piracy, Kenya is implementing agreements with the European Union and the United States by putting the bandits on trial, even if they are caught on the high seas by other nations and have not attacked Kenyan interests.Thursday's hearing was the first court appearance for the men who were tracked down by French commandos and seized April 15 from their skiffs in waters off Somalia, the lawless epicenter of the flourishing pirate industry off the Horn of Africa.more,..http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/04/23/kenya_court_begins_somali_piracy_cases/
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