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    Thieves of the Sea

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    people see pirates as swashbuckling and rum drinking bums. But over the years pirates have become a large threat to international waters‚ especially off the coast of Somalia. These new very dangerous pirates have devised ways to hijack cargo ships and take its entire crew and products hostage. They then use these products and crewmembers to their advantage and demand ransoms of a high dollar trade. Piracy off the coast of Somalia has grown in large numbers in the last half decade. The pirates are regularly

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    and became pirates. This became the Golden Age of Piracy due to the mass introduction of piracy‚ the pirates would use ruthless tactics to plunder merchant ships‚ islands‚ and naval battleships. There were conflicts of interest in Europe since the late 1690’s due to Charles II of

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    Film review: Captain Philips “Captain Philips‚ can you hear me‚ Captain Philips can you hear me?” The walkie talkie sounded in the midst of pirates‚ as Captain Philips reached to take the walkie talkie…… This is from an awesome called Captain Philips. Captain Philips was released on October 26th 2013‚ the director is Paul Greengrass‚ and major actor is Tom hanks as Captain Richard Philips. This film is rated 8.1 on imdb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/)‚ 8.3 on rotten tomato (http://www

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    Commissioner over Piracy to maintain a trade with them‚ he was also an infamous cattle thief‚ had even been known to corrupt the outcomes of the quarter sessions. His call to Commissioner over Piracy was surprising as his reputation for fraternizing with pirates was already under suspicion. He and his wife received and stored stolen goods at their home Arwennecke House. The Lady Killigrew had also been accused of boarding a ship and murdering someone for two barrels of pieces of eight. She was arrested but

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    Originally named the Alleghenys‚ the Pittsburgh Pirates have been a baseball team that were finical compensated since 1876. The Pittsburgh Pirates became a professional baseball team in the MLB (Major League Baseball) around 1887. They are very in rich history with five World Series championships‚ numerous Hall of Famers‚ and thousands of memories in the 125 plus seasons of baseball. (Trdinich) The Pirates do have some of the most memorable records and high points in Major League

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    regular training programmes in Pakistan and abroad are used to train workers. The appraisal techniques of the employees include quiz and tests on the coursework they have studied. Specific instructions are given to the ship crew on pirates such as history of pirate‚ timings of attack and kinds of weaponry they use .Special emphasis is laid on the best management practices to obstruct piracy. The main training is based on proper communication which enables the crew to stay up to date with the on

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    lookout exclaims “Black flag!”. Suddenly‚ the tiny ship is filled with commotion as everyone scrambles to get to their stations in preparation for the inevitable pirate attack. The men grab weapons and man their cannons in preparation for a battle with blood thirsty pirates. The year is 1715; this marks the beginning of a new age where pirates run ramped and wreaked havoc across the seven seas with little interference. This is a time called The Golden Age of Piracy. It was a time of a great economic

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    PIRACY IN SOMALIA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS In the past few years‚ pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have received a great deal of public attention. According to the London-based International Maritime Bureau‚ there has been an “unprecedented increase” in Somali pirate activity in the first 9 months of 2009. Until September this year 147 incidents were reported off the Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden (separating Somalia and Yemen)‚ compared with 63 for the same period

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    is definitely not the case today in the nineties. Now software pirates copy software without the permission of the company for their own personal benefits. Since piracy interrupts trade between nations it has been considered to be an offense against international law ("Piracy" 1). While the pirates in the medieval age roamed for plunder on the high seas‚ pirate radio and television stations broadcast‚ unauthorized software pirates copy to save money and even if one form vanished‚ another would

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    Piracy's Golden Age

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    numbers. Many of these men had previous sea experience as merchant seamen or as Royal Navy sailors. The religious cold war between Protestant and Catholic had brought opportunity for quick gains from plunder and on pirate ships‚ egalitarianism had provided equal and fair democracy for pirates. These factors would have been crucial in persuading previous seamen into a life of piracy. The way of life of a merchant seaman or a Royal Navy sailor had made piracy life

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