Seychelles

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...who are now holding at least 13 vessels and more than 230 crew hostage. Captives include a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the Seychelles and the crew of a Spanish tuna boat. * SUDAN: August 2009 - Armed men seized two foreign...

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...Operation Enduring Freedom, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Pakistan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; Uzbekistan; and Yemen. A full list of casualties is available...

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...an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) with an on-board helicopter and commandos, for surveillance over the Exclusive Economic Zone of Seychelles and Mauritius by January next year. The deployment of OPV 'INS Savitri', with a Chetak helicopter...

In this article: Mauritius, Somalia, India, and New Delhi

...INS Savitri, an Offshore Patrol Vessel with a Chetak helicopter and Marine Commandos, for the surveillance of Exclusive Economic Zone of Seychelles and Mauritius from end Nov till early Jan 2010. Savitri will be deployed in close...

In this article: Mauritius, Somalia, and New Delhi

...operations, the Indian Navy is deploying another warship with marine commandos on board to combat pirates off the island nations of Seychelles and Mauritius, an official said Monday. INS Savitri, an offshore patrol vessel, with a Chetak...

In this article: Mauritius, Somalia, and New Delhi

A Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker has been hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles, the multinational naval force operating in the area said on Tuesday. Somali pirates are also leaving the Alakrana, a tuna fishing boat hijacked...

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...(Reuters) - A Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker carrying 28 North Korean crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles, the multinational naval force operating in the area said on Tuesday. The European Union naval...

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Pirates have captured a Greek cargo ship off the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles while it was on its way to South Africa from Kuwait. The Filitsa is the latest vessel to be seized off the Seychelles, which has seen a surge in...

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...Union's Naval Force for Somalia. MV Filitsa was seized in the early morning about 460 miles (740 kilometers) northeast of the Seychelles as it headed toward Durban, South Africa, according to a news release from EU NAVFOR Somalia.

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