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Somali Pirates Hijack Yacht Owned by American Couple

Pirates hijacked a yacht carrying four U.S. citizens off the Somali coast, Somalia's U.N. Mission said Friday. Omar Jamal, first secretary at the Somali mission, identified the yacht to the Associated Press as the S/V Quest. The identities of the four hostages have not been released, but a website chronicling the ship's...

Somali Teen Pirate Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison

NEW YORK -- A U.S. judge sentenced Somali pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse to 33 years and nine months in prison this morning in a federal court in Manhattan. Muse pleaded guilty last year to charges stemming from his role in the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama and the kidnapping of the ship's captain in the Indian...

Somali Pirate Gets More Than 33 Years in Prison

NEW YORK -- A Somali pirate who attacked a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Africa in 2009 has been sentenced to more than 33 years in prison. Louis Lanzano, AP Agents escort Somali pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse into FBI headquarters in New York. Federal Judge Loretta Preska cited the need for deterrence in...

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Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (also transliterated Abdulwali Abdukhad Muse, Abdul Wali Muse and Wal-i-Musi, among others) is a Somali pirate and the sole survivor of a group of four who attacked the MV Maersk Alabama and held the captain for ransom at gunpoint.

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