Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates
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Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the [...]
Scientists Find Wreckage Of Whaling Ship.
HONOLULU - Scientists may have found the wreckage of a whaling ship that went down off Kure Atoll 170 years ago. Maritime archeologists made the discovery on the first day of a monthlong dive studying shipwrecks in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
It appears to be the remains of the Gledstanes. The Gledstanes is one of [...]
