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Talks on release of Faina vessel reach their final stage

Check the audio on this one:
Working: Agus Laodi, Pirate

I told them I wanted to do a story about what it’s really like to be a pirate. “Americans have the wrong view,” I said. “They either think you are Johnny Depp or you are helping terrorists.”

Navies must target pirate ‘mother ships’ off Somalia
Turkish ship hijacked off Somalia; 6 others escape
Spanish War Plane Prevents Hijacking Off Somalia Coast
Five Attacks Thwarted in Gulf of Aden

This one is interesting for its denials about the Iran Deyanat, the ship with the alleged toxic cargo:
Iranian ships step up precautions in Gulf of Aden

“The cargo was loaded in China under normal circumstances and there is no danger associated with it,” IRISL said.
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Najib, the head of IRISL’s maritime affairs department and emergency response committee, who was involved in Iran Deyanat’s release, said the ship’s manifest had listed only minerals and industrial goods, not chemicals or arms.

And finally, just to remember it’s not all off of Somalia:
Pirates hijack Nigeria oil ship, attack two others