balcacer
An Indian navy warship sank a Somalian pirate "ship." Which country is going to sink another ?
No such reports
Background:
INS Tabar sank the pirate "mother ship" after it did not stop for investigation and instead opened fire, an Indian navy statement said on Wednesday.
There has been a surge in piracy incidents off the coast of Somalia.
The latest attack came days after the Saudi-owned Sirius Star supertanker and its 25 crew were seized by pirates. The supertanker is now anchored off the Somali coast.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7739171.stm
A spate of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia has prompted emergency talks between nations bordering the Red Sea to deal with the problem. Officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and a member of Somalia's government attended a private meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
It came amid a report that pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker on Saturday are demanding a $25m (£17m) ransom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7739153.stm
Russia has announced it is to send more warships to the region to counter the pirates.
Earlier this month, one of its frigates, the Neustrashimy, scared away pirates who were trying to hijack ships in the Gulf of Aden.
"After the Neustrashimy, ships from other fleets of the Russian navy will head to the region," Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said.
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As reported by a major mainstream news source.BBC, cbsnews.com
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Initial likelihoods: USA Navy: 10%, RUSSIA Navy: 10%, INDIA Navy: 10%, BRITISH Navy: 10%, SPAIN Navy: 10%, FRANCE Navy: 10%, GERMANY Navy: 10%, ITALY Navy: 10%, JAPAN Navy: 10%, None of the above: 10%
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: no country sank another ship before suspend date. please settle as "none of the above" 
infernalmachine
: No such reports
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predicted None of the above (H$100 at 34%)
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predicted None of the above (H$20 at 32%)
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predicted None of the above (H$20 at 31%)
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predicted None of the above (H$500 at 27%)
predicted USA Navy (H$50 at 11%)
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Ryan
"Which country is going to sink another?"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457626,00.html
Despite the Indian Navy's claims that it sank a so-called pirate "mother ship" last week, there is no evidence to suggest that any pirates were on board, and the destroyed ship may simply have been an innocent commercial fishing vessel, a U.S. official with knowledge of last week's incident told FOX News.
There were armed men on board the ship, according to this official, but no evidence they were pirates.
(More at the link)
Four pirates killed in Sierra Leone navy gunbattle
Four pirates were killed in a three-hour gun battle with the Sierra Leone navy after they tried to attack two Chinese fishing boats off the west African coast.
Five pirates were arrested, one Sierra Leone national and four Guineans, all of whom are being held in a Freetown jail.
Two of the Guineans have been identified as army officials, the police said. The pirates were armed with Uzi's and AK-47 machine guns.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24719615-2703,00.html
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