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Clouds rise above the Seychelles main island of Mahe in 2009. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:35:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - Clouds rise above the Seychelles main island of Mahe in 2009. Oceanographers carrying out vital studies of the Indian Ocean's marine world have been idle for a year, left stranded ashore by Somalia's marauding pirates and the global armada combating them.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)

This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali ...

(AFP/US Navy/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:29:40 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/File) - This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. Somali pirates said Tuesday they have released a Panamanian-flagged ship and its mostly Indian crew of 26 after receiving a ransom of 3.1 million dollars.(AFP/US Navy/File)

Armed pirates keeps vigil along the coastline at Hobyo town, ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:14:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - Armed pirates keeps vigil along the coastline at Hobyo town, northeastern Somalia in January 2010. The Seychelles will try suspected Somali pirates after European guarantees they would be sent home to serve their sentences, a minister announced Saturday.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali ...

(AFP/US Navy/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:47:09 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/File) - This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. NATO special forces stormed a Slovenian cargo ship which had been captured by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, freeing the 25 crew members, a spokesman for the EU naval force said.(AFP/US Navy/File)

Fishermen in Kenya are enjoying bumper catches -- and they've ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:34:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Fishermen in Kenya are enjoying bumper catches -- and they've got the Somali pirates who terrorise the Indian Ocean to thank. Fear of attack by armed raiders is keeping many foreign trawlers away, helping the local fish populations to rise.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)

Fishermen in Kenya are enjoying bumper catches -- and they've ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:34:40 GMT

Fishermen in Kenya are enjoying bumper catches -- and they've ...

(afp.com) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:34:40 GMT

(afp.com) - Fishermen in Kenya are enjoying bumper catches -- and they've got the Somali pirates who terrorise the Indian Ocean to thank. Fear of attack by armed raiders is keeping many foreign trawlers away, helping the local fish populations to rise. Duration: 01:36(afp.com)

Fishermen in Kenya are enjoying bumper catches -- and they've ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:34:40 GMT

Armed Somali pirates keeping vigil on the coastline in January ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:44:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Armed Somali pirates keeping vigil on the coastline in January 2010. A shoot-out erupted Thursday between pirates who seized a North Korean-flagged, Libyan-owned ship and coast guards in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region, leaving one soldier dead, police said.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

Armed Somali pirates keeping vigil on the coastline in January ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:56:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - Armed Somali pirates keeping vigil on the coastline in January 2010. A North Korean-flagged and Libyan-owned cargo ship was hijacked on Wednesday south of the Yemeni coast, the EU's anti-piracy naval force said.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

An armed suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff in ...

(AFP/US NAVY/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:20:26 GMT

(AFP/US NAVY/File) - An armed suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff in international waters off the coast of Somalia in 2006. A North Korean-flagged and Libyan-owned cargo ship has been hijacked south of the Yemeni coast, the EU's anti-piracy naval force said.(AFP/US NAVY/File/Daniel Sanford)

Rear Admiral Peter Hudson, the operation commander of the EU's ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:36:40 GMT

(AFP) - Rear Admiral Peter Hudson, the operation commander of the EU's anti-piracy naval force off the coast of Somalia, gives a press conference on EUNAVFOR-Atalanta operations and EU assistance in Somalia at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Hudson welcomed Tuesday China's interest in playing a greater role in anti-piracy operations there.(AFP/Georges Gobet)

Armed pirates keeps vigil along the coastline at Hobyo town, ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:36:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Armed pirates keeps vigil along the coastline at Hobyo town, northeastern Somalia in January 2010. A commander of the European Union's naval force off Somalia's lawless coast welcomed Tuesday China's interest in playing a greater role in anti-piracy operations there.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

The Greek cargo ship Filitsa seen anchored off the coast of ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:13:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Greek cargo ship Filitsa seen anchored off the coast of the town of Hobyo in northeastern Somalia. Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned cargo ship, port police said here Tuesday, after a ransom was air-dropped onto the ship the day before.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

Photo taken in January 2010 shows armed Somali pirates carrying ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:34:02 GMT

(AFP/File) - Photo taken in January 2010 shows armed Somali pirates carrying out preparations to a skiff in Hobyo, northeastern Somalia, ahead of new attacks on ships sailing in the Gulf of Aden. A ransom was air-dropped Monday onto a Greek-owned cargo ship captured by Somali pirates in November but the vessel was not immediately freed, pirates told AFP.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

Hostage Rachel Chandler is examined by a Somali doctor in central ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:23:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - Hostage Rachel Chandler is examined by a Somali doctor in central Somalia on January 28. The government has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a British couple who have been held by Somali pirates since October, after the pair's latest public appeal for freedom.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)

A map plotting the coordinates of places visited by the Lynn ...

(Paul & Rachel Chandler's blog) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:14:17 GMT

(Paul & Rachel Chandler's blog) - A map plotting the coordinates of places visited by the Lynn Rival from the blog of Paul and Rachel Chandler. The couple, kidnapped by Somali pirates in October, have said they were not being well treated and needed urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity.(Paul & Rachel Chandler's blog)

An undated handout photo provided in 2009 by the European Union ...

(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:14:17 GMT

(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File) - An undated handout photo provided in 2009 by the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) shows the Lynn Rival yacht, belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler. The couple who were kidnapped by Somali pirates in October have said they are not being well treated and needed urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity.(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File)

A woman watches video footage in November 2009 of the British ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman watches video footage in November 2009 of the British couple that were kidnapped while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Paul and Rachel Chandler, kidnapped by Somali pirates in October 2009, have said they are not being well treated and need urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. The British couple who ...

(AFP/US Navy/File) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:10 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/File) - Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. The British couple who were kidnapped by Somali pirates in October have said they are not being well treated and needed urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity.(AFP/US Navy/File)

This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali ...

(AFP/US Navy/File) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:09:47 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/File) - This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. China has agreed to cooperate with a coalition of naval forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden to deter rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia, a top Norwegian official said here Thursday.(AFP/US Navy/File)

A woman watches video footage in 2009 of the British couple ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:43:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman watches video footage in 2009 of the British couple that were kidnapped while sailing off the coast of Somalia. British special forces have attempted to rescue the couple seized by Somali pirates almost three months ago but the mission was aborted amid "bungling" delays, the BBC has said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

The French frigate FS Surcouf docks at the port city of Mombasa ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:01:49 GMT

(Reuters) - The French frigate FS Surcouf docks at the port city of Mombasa January 22, 2010. The ship made a port call as part of European Union Naval Force Somalia � Operation ATALANTA, a military operation that helps to deter, prevent and repress acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga (KENYA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY)

A French naval personnel stands guard on the deck of the French ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:53:21 GMT

(Reuters) - A French naval personnel stands guard on the deck of the French frigate FS Surcouf in the port city of Mombasa January 22, 2010. The ship made a port call as part of European Union Naval Force Somalia � Operation ATALANTA, a military operation that helps to deter, prevent and repress acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga (KENYA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY)

This undated photo provided by the European Union Naval Force ...

(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:42:56 GMT

(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File) - This undated photo provided by the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) shows the Lynn Rival yacht, belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler sailing in the Indian Ocean. The British man taken hostage with his wife by Somali pirates almost three months ago has said he fears the couple could be executed within days.(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File)

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Sanders, left, salutes Rear Adm. Bernard ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:24:43 GMT

(AP) - U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Sanders, left, salutes Rear Adm. Bernard Miranda of Singapore, right, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, during a change-of-command ceremony aboard the USS Hopper docked in Manama, Bahrain, as U.S. Vice. Adm. William Gortney, centre, watches. Miranda of Singapore, who took over from Sanders the rotating command of a multinational task force charged with maritime security in the volatile region, said disrupting piracy off the coast of Somalia would remain the task force's main focus. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

The Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus. Intense fighting between ...

(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:47:14 GMT

(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho) - The Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus. Intense fighting between Somali pirate gangs over a record ransom amount paid for the release of a Greek oil supertanker has killed at least six people, elders and pirates said.(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho)

Map of Somalia locating the coastal town of Harardhere. Intense ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:47:14 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Map of Somalia locating the coastal town of Harardhere. Intense fighting between Somali pirate gangs over a record ransom amount paid for the release of a Greek oil supertanker has killed at least six people, elders and pirates said.(AFP/Graphic)

Pirates surrender to Portuguese Marines last year off the Somali ...

(AFP) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:47:14 GMT

(AFP) - Pirates surrender to Portuguese Marines last year off the Somali coast. Intense fighting between Somali pirate gangs over a record ransom amount paid for the release of a Greek oil supertanker has killed at least six people, elders and pirates said.(AFP/Ho)

The Spanish tuna fishing boat Alakrana (bottom) sails in front ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:12:46 GMT

(Reuters) - The Spanish tuna fishing boat Alakrana (bottom) sails in front of a Spanish warship in the Indian ocean after it was freed from Somali pirates, in this photo released by Spanish Defence Ministry on November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Spanish Defence Ministry/Handout/Files

Somali pirates on Monday freed the Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus, ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:34:58 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Somali pirates on Monday freed the Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus, its owners said, after a plane dropped a ransom of seven million dollars in cash on deck.(AFP/Graphic)

This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali ...

(AFP/US Navy/File) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:34:58 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/File) - This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. Somalia's pirates treat every successful hijacking like a private venture in which businessmen from all over the country can invest by offering financial or material assistance, buying and selling shares.(AFP/US Navy/File)

File photo of the Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen ...

(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:34:58 GMT

(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho) - File photo of the Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen at an unknown location. At least four people were killed overnight during intense fighting between rival Somali pirates in the town of Harardhere arguing over a record ransom paid to free the Greek supertanker, elders and pirates said Tuesday.(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho)

File photo shows French soldiers guarding suspected Somali pirates ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:38:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows French soldiers guarding suspected Somali pirates on board the French warship "Le Nivose", after their capture. The threat to one of the world's busiest and most crucial maritime routes spurred naval powers into scrambling warships to the region and the pirates now face a multi-billion-dollar armada of more than 15 nations.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)

File photo of the Somali pirates who held the Belize-flagged ...

(AFP/US Navy/Ho/File) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:38:34 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/Ho/File) - File photo of the Somali pirates who held the Belize-flagged Ukrainian cargo MV Faina off Somalia's coast. For local youth in the Somali coastal town of Harardhere, where the ransom for a Greek supertanker freed Monday brought a windfall of nine million dollars, the lure of piracy has never been so strong.(AFP/US Navy/Ho/File)

This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali ...

(AFP/US Navy/File) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:59:06 GMT

(AFP/US Navy/File) - This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. Somali pirates have freed the giant Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus, its owners said, after a plane dropped a ransom of seven million dollars in cash on deck.(AFP/US Navy/File)

File photo of the Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen ...

(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:59:06 GMT

(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho) - File photo of the Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen at an unknown location. Somali pirates have freed the giant Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus, its owners said, after a plane dropped a ransom on seven million dollars in cash on deck.(AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho)

This handout photo provided by the US Navy in October shows ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:30:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - This handout photo provided by the US Navy in October shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. Somali pirates have freed the giant Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus, its owners said, after a plane dropped a ransom on seven million dollars in cash on deck.(AFP/File/Ho)

In this undated photo released by the Maran Tankers company, ...

(AFP/Maran Tankers/File) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:19:20 GMT

(AFP/Maran Tankers/File) - In this undated photo released by the Maran Tankers company, the Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen at an unknown location. Rival Somali pirate gangs tussled Sunday over a multi-million dollar ransom for the Greek oil tanker Maran Centaurus seized in November with 28 crew members, pirates and a maritime official said.(AFP/Maran Tankers/File)

Suspected pirates boats are parked on the Indian Ocean beach ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:04:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Suspected pirates boats are parked on the Indian Ocean beach in Haradheere, 400 km (250 miles) northeast of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Mohamed Ahmed

This photo released by the German Bundeswehr shows a pirate ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:56:10 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - This photo released by the German Bundeswehr shows a pirate boat in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, 2009. A Turkish frigate staved off an armed attack on an Indian commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden and captured six pirates.(AFP/HO/File)

This NATO handout photo shows Portuguese Marines boarding a ...

(AFP/NATO/File) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:17:22 GMT

(AFP/NATO/File) - This NATO handout photo shows Portuguese Marines boarding a pirate skiff off the coast of Somalia in November 2009. Piracy on the high seas rose to its highest level in six years in 2009, with attacks becoming more frequent and more violent across the globe, a maritime watchdog has said.(AFP/NATO/File)

Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, accused of hijacking the Maersk Alabama ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:01:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, accused of hijacking the Maersk Alabama and taking its captain Richard Phillips hostage, is led into a federal building in New York April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

A US flag can be seen flying on the US merchant ship Maersk-Alabama ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:40:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - A US flag can be seen flying on the US merchant ship Maersk-Alabama in Mombasa in 2009. A Somali man held in New York on piracy charges was accused Tuesday in two more attacks against ships in the Indian Ocean.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)

Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (R) is led into Federal Plaza by Federal ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:40:25 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (R) is led into Federal Plaza by Federal agents in April 2009 in New York City. Muse, a Somali man held in New York on piracy charges, was accused Tuesday in two more attacks against ships in the Indian Ocean.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Chernin)

FILE - This April 20, 2009 file photo shows FBI agents escorting ...

(AP) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:22:45 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This April 20, 2009 file photo shows FBI agents escorting Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse into FBI headquarters in New York. The Somali teenager accused of staging a brazen high-seas attack on a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Africa in 2009 is facing new allegations of piracy involving two other vessels. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)

In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, a Kenyan fisherman, second from ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:30:00 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, a Kenyan fisherman, second from left, helps South African sports fisherman Quintin Maine, left, to carry a barracuda caught by Maine in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman prepares bait ...

(AP) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:40:03 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman prepares bait before starting a day of fishing in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo Kenyan fishermen offload their catch ...

(AP) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:40:01 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo Kenyan fishermen offload their catch in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman struggles to ...

(AP) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:39:46 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman struggles to lift a fish from the water in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)