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EU carries out first air strikes on Somali pirates

Abdi Guled, Slobodan Lekic The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 9:10am

BRUSSELS -- The European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean on Tuesday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, with a pirate reporting that the raid destroyed speed boats, fuel depots and an arms store.

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Founding Fathers patriots or pirates?

Amy Nicholson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:35am

Thoughts of studying the Founding Fathers might conjure up images of stuffy men in powdered wigs drafting scholarly documents rather than rogue pirates sporting eye patches and engaging in sword fights.

But Lynnda Wangsgard, director of the Weber County Library System, saw a connection between the roots of democracy and the pirate code -- which was a more democratic system than most might suppose.

"Many of the stereotypes are not true. The way (pirates) ran things is probably a big surprise to most," Wangsgard said.

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Sixth-grader Hayden Bruns gets sprayed in the face with a garden hose during the annual field day on Thursday at Bluff Ridge Elementary School in Syracuse.

Arrrrr! Student 'pirates' get wet on field day

Ruth Malan, Standard-Examiner correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 11:32pm

SYRACUSE -- Thursday was a great day for Logan Heinze.

The third-grader walked into the Bluff Ridge Elementary School office with a friend and said, "I can't wait until field day."

A few minutes later, activities filled the playground behind the school.

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A 3,000 pound anchor from what is believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, is recovered from the ocean where it has been since 1718, on Friday, May 27, 2011 in Beaufort Inlet, in Carteret County N.C. Crew member Mitchel Gilliland, right, helps guide the anchor aboard the Dan K. Moore. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Robert Willett)

It's official: Ship found off N.C. coast was Blackbeard's

Jay Price, Raleigh News and Observer

Last updated Monday, June 13, 2011 - 2:51pm

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina has quietly decided that the cannon-laden shipwreck just off Fort Macon is absolutely that of Blackbeard the pirate's flagship, the "Queen Anne's Revenge," ending 15 years of official uncertainty.

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Archaeologists plan to raise anchor from Blackbeard's flagship

Jay Price, Raleigh News and Observer

Last updated Friday, May 27, 2011 - 9:55am

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Archaeologists plan to raise one of Blackbeard's anchors one last time Friday, yanking one huge pirate artifact from the sea floor in hopes of getting at some of the tiniest.

By chance, the operation to lift the largest artifact yet recovered from the wreck of the notorious pirate's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, comes just in time to draw attention to a new exhibit about the ship scheduled to open in two weeks at the nearby state maritime museum in Beaufort.

And in a kind of springtime buccaneer trifecta, Blackbeard and his ship appear in the latest installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie franchise, which just opened.

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Don Jordan, executive director of the Seattle Animal Shelter, poses for a photo Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in the shelter's operating room where Bob Riggle, who was shot and killed by Somali pirates Tuesday, worked as a replacement vet. Workers at the shelter remembered Riggle as a man who chose his words carefully and who was a thoughtful and methodical vet. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Somalia pirates kill 4 americans 02-23-11

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:19pm

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The Utah SECURE Strike Force made numerous arrests in Ogden and Salt Lake City in connection with pirated movies and music.

8 arrested for DVD, CD piracy

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 12:18am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah strike force that targets crimes by undocumented immigrants has made what they are calling the biggest bust of pirated movies and music in state history.

Agents arrested six people in Ogden on Thursday morning in connection to pirating movies and music. The next day, they arrested two more people they suspect are connected to distributing pirated media out of a Salt Lake City produce warehouse.

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In this photo released by South Korean navy via Yonhap, South Korean naval special forces approach the South Korean cargo ship Samho Jewelry in a military operation in the Arabian Sea Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. In the daring and rare raid, South Korean special forces stormed the hijacked freighter, rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight assailants in a rare and bold raid on Somali pirates, South Korea said. (South Korean navy via Yonhap/Associated Press)

South Korean special forces raid pirates - January 21, 2011

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 11:52am

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Risky SKorean raid saves entire crew from pirates

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 12:18pm

SEOUL, South Korea -- At dawn, South Korean special forces packed into a small boat approached a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea. Commandos scrambled up a ladder onto the ship, aboard which Somali pirates were armed with AK assault rifles and anti-tank missiles. A South Korean destroyer and hovering Lynx helicopter provided covering fire.

When Friday's operation ended five hours later, 21 hostages had been rescued, eight Somali pirates killed and five assailants captured. Pockmarks from artillery fire blanketed the ship's bridge. One of the hostages was wounded, but all were alive -- a remarkable ending for a risky rescue. Only a handful of rescues in recent years have involved such peril to the crew.

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