couldn’t save their ship‚ the Alabama‚ from being boarded by four Somali pirates. With the crew in hiding and Captain Phillips attempting to protect everyone as much as he can‚ the danger level rises every minute. Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips encounters the demands of Somali pirates. Through much deception and desperate attempts to steal as much money as possible‚ the pirate leader Muse (Barkhad Adbi) kidnaps Captain Phillips and the pirates escape in the ships lifeboat. Soon‚ the U.S. Navy becomes
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result of these developments‚ the Somali Petroleum Company was created by the federal government ["Exploration rights in Somalia for Chinese oil giant CNOOC". Feb 2009]. Uranium is also found in large quantities in the region. In the nonexistence of a central government‚ Somalia ’s residents reverted to local forms of conflict
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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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the danger of the piracy issue in the Indian ocean particularly in Somalia. The other 57% have responded that they are not aware of the danger‚ figure 2.1. Furthermore‚ the respondent were asked to rank the familiarity on the piracy issue in the Somali waters. The table shows that majority of the responded have ranked very little familiarity with the issue. More than half of the respondents ranked little familiarity ‚ out of which a quarter of the total respondent marked a familiarity of 1‚ only
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Transnational Crime Comparative Criminal Justice Systems Introduction: Transnational crime is a growing problem. Transnational crime is defined as “self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnational for the purpose of obtaining power‚ influence‚ monetary and/or commercial gains‚ wholly or in part by illegal means‚ while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and/ or violence‚ or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational structure
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French and Arabic are the most commonly spoken languages in Djibouti with Somali and Afar the minor languages. The Islamic state has the biggest influence has a very large effect on the
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Billy Ray teamed to tell the true story of Richard Philips a US cargo ship captain who surrendered himself to the Somalia pirates so that his crew would be safe. The movie shows how Lots of men and women risk their lives to make and deliver goods that some people take for granted. A world away‚ some other people covet what those goods signify. A few of those people become pirates. And‚ astonishingly‚ this movie is as much about them as it is about their victims. In the movie‚ various elements of movie
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The book Seal Team Six Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper is a look at Seal Team Six. A Seal is the Navy’s elite group of Special Forces. This book is written by Howard E. Wasdin who was in Seal Team Six and Stephen Templin. The reason for writing this book is to inform people of what it is like to be a Navy Seal and how Howard E. Wasdin was born to be one. In this book Howard tells the reader about his life from childhood to BUD’s (basic underwater demolition) to sniper school to the battle of
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first article is retrieved from Bloomberg.com "Saudi Oil Tanker Owners in Negotiations with Pirates" where the Saudi Arabian supertanker hijacked off the coast of Somalia. The supertanker belongs to Saudi Arabia ’s state-owned shipping line‚ Vela International Marine Ltd. The negotiation is between the pirates that have captured the Sirius Star and the owners of the Saudi Arabian supertanker. The pirates have the advantage in the negotiation because they have the 25 crew with different nationalities
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signatories to those treaties. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates. Historically‚ offenders have usually been apprehended by military personnel and tried by military tribunals. Background of piracy The roots of the word ‘piracy’ come from the ancient greek word ‘peiraomais’‚ meaning ‘attempt’. In the sense of an attempt to rob for brigand and then to the Latin ‘pirata’‚ where we get the modern English word ‘pirate’. In essence‚it’s an act of robbery‚ committed on the high seas‚ flourishing
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