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Reporters Without Borders releases their annual report regarding press freedom around the world with 71 journalists killed in 2013 so far. The deadliest countries are Syria, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Somalia while the worst jailers are China, Turkey, Eritrea, Iran, and Syria.
2013-12-19

Troops in Somalia's region of Puntland free 22 hostages seized by pirates nearly three years ago.
2012-12-23

Somali pirates capture six crew from Denmark and the Philippines leaving the ship intact. They are thought to be held on a captured Taiwanese fishing boat.
2011-01-14

Somali pirates seize a Thai-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia.
2010-12-26

Somali pirates hijack a Malaysian cargo vessel with 23 crew members 900 miles off the coast of Somalia.
2010-11-29

The United Nations says child soldiers continue to be recruited to fight and engage in piracy in Somalia.
2010-11-4

The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy.
2010-10-21

Somali forces from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland storm a hijacked Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, capturing the pirates and freeing the crew.
2010-06-3

Two potential pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia are disrupted by the Seychelles Coast Guard and the Australian navy.
2010-05-30

Somali pirates seize the Russian oil tanker Moscow University with 23 people on board, 500 miles off the Somali coast.
2010-05-5