| Tue, 2 Dec 2008 UN approves piracy crackdown
| The United Nations Security Council has renewed its authorisation for the use of military force against pirates operating off Somalia, enabling the European Union to begin an air and naval operation next week. | The US-drafted resolution, which was adopted unanimously... | NATO warships rescue merchant vessels
| A NATO warship prevented a swarm of more than a dozen pirate boats from hijacking five merchant shipping vessels in the Gulf of Aden today, the alliance said. | Alerted by a distress call, the Italian navy destroyer put itself between the ships and a group of pirate &... | American luxury ship escapes hijack bid
| 3 Dec 2008, 0034 hrs IST, AFP Text: MIAMI: Miami-based Oceania Cruises confirmed a failed pirate attack on its ocean liner Nautica in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, saying the ship was fired upon but manag... | Navy chief says they received `no actionable intelligence'
| 3 Dec 2008, 0049 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit , TNN Text: NEW DELHI: Much like the undetected Pakistani intrusions which led to the Kargil conflict in 1999, last week's terror attacks in Mumbai have once again expose... | UN backs EU anti-piracy mission
| THE UN Security Council today passed a resolution expressing its support for a European naval mission to begin on December 8 aimed at ending increased piracy off the coast of Somalia. | In a unanimous vote, the Security Council passed resolution 1846 saying it "s... | CCS clears Gorshkov contract renegotiation
| 3 Dec 2008, 0003 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit , TNN Text: NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared two major defence procurement projects, which could cost almost $3 billion, including the renegotiati... | Thai court bans PM; protesters allow flights
| 12/03/2008 | BANGKOK — A Thai court stripped Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat of his post and outlawed the ruling party Tuesday, prompting jubilant anti-government protesters to lift a blockade of Bangkok’s main airport. | With the new development in the more than a w... | Cruise vessel outruns pirates
| PIRATES wielding rifles have attacked a luxury cruise ship with about 50 Australians on board as it travelled through the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen. | The vessel, Nautica, belongs to the Miami-based Oceania Cruises company. It was sailing through the not... | Russian warships hold exercises with Chavez's navy
| CARACAS, Venezuela - Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela’s navy in Moscow’s first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War. | Russian television on Tuesday showed images of a Venezuelan-operated Sukhoi fighter jet swooping low... | |
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