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NATO Sinks Pirate Mother Ship Off Somalia

(March 1) -- A NATO task force intercepted and sank a pirate mother ship off the Horn of Africa in a pre-emptive bid to disrupt the raiders' attacks on merchant ships ahead of peak piracy season. An assault team from the Danish destroyer HDMS Absalon, the NATO force flagship, boarded and then scuttled the large open boat...

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Blackbeard's pirate ship gives up its anchor

A pirate ship owned by the notorious Blackbeard is being investigated by archaeologists, who have just retrieved one of its anchors.

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Get Your Gasparilla Groove On

Every year, Tampa's annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to town, and gives the locals an extra reason to go out and get rowdy.

Background on pirate ship

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore.

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