A delivery of U.N. World Food Programme aid bound for Somalia is being escorted by a Dutch naval ship, carrying special forces troops, to protect it from pirates. (Dec. 4)
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Nov. 6 - The NATO naval force charged with protecting the international relief effort in Somalia warns that the threat from pirates remains high.
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French navy escort A ship carrying WFP food assistance and accompanied by a French naval vessel has arrived at the Somali port of Merka. The navy vessel was protecting WFP food from pirates who often patrol the coast off Somalia. Footage courtesy of the French Navy .
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A commanding officer aboard the Ville de Quebec discusses its mission conducting naval escorts of World Food Program ships carrying food supplies to Somalia.
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By capturing a crude tanker the size of three soccer fields, ever more daring Somali pirates have defied international naval action and shown that few ships sailing the Indian Ocean can be safe. A massive upsurge in piracy in Somali waters has made getting help to the country’s poor a dangerous ...
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China Launches Anti-Piracy Mission Chinese destroyers and supply ship at port in Sanya, southern Hainan province, before leaving for their first overseas mission, 26 Dec 2008 Three Chinese warships were on their way to the Gulf of Aden Friday to join international efforts to fight Somali pirate ...
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ABOARD DESTROYER WUHAN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese naval fleet arrived Tuesday in the waters of the Gulf of Aden off Somalia to carry out the first escort mission against pirates. Four Chinese merchant ships, including one from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, were escorted...
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Loaded up and ready to go. A supply ship and two of Beijing's most sophisticated destroyers are on a combat mission outside Chinese waters for the first time in centuries. The vessels left the port of Sanya on Hainan island bound for the waters off Somalia to take on pirates preying on merchant...
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Combat Camera produced video of HMCS Winnipeg’s deployment on Op Sextant off the coast of Somalia to combat piracy and escort ships delivering humanitarian aid to Somalia. ... Combat Camera HMCS Winnipeg deployment NATO Sextant Somalia combat piracy pirates escort ships humanitarian aid Somalia.
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A Canadian warship helped thwart a pirate attack as part of the NATO mission to keep vessels safely moving in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Sunday. </p> - <p> HMCS Winnipeg responded Saturday night after seven pirates from Somalia approached a Norwegian-flagged tanker, NATO official...
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With an estimated $13bn to $16bn lost every year to maritime pirates, the French navy has helped to escort some merchant ships through pirate-infested waters. Al Jazeera's Estelle Youssouffa, reporting from a French frigate in the Gulf of Aden, examines the increasing problem of piracy.
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The Turkish war ship TGC Gokova left the port of Mombasa and is escorting food aid which is destined for Somalia, the BBC's Christian Fraser was on board.
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