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		<title>Private Navy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A private navy equipped with a fleet of patrol boats is scheduled to begin escorting ships through the Gulf of Aden early next year as private security forces take a growing role in the fight against piracy. The venture has been organised by Convoy Escort Programme Ltd, and is backed by UK insurance and reinsurance broker [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=153&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FGS Köln captures pirates, sinks skiffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The German frigate FGS Köln, operating as part of the anti-piracy European Union Naval Force, has disrupted a pirate action group off the coast of Tanzania, capturing the pirates and sinking their boats. The Bremen class frigate FGS Köln was directed to the pirate action group on Friday after the pirates were detected by a French [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=137&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya sinks al Shabaab boats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenya’s navy has sunk two boats carrying suspected al Shabaab militants off the coast of Somalia as it continues its fight against Somali militants. Kenya’s military spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said that the Kenyan navy had sunk another suspected al Shabaab boat on November 4. “The Kenya Navy while on patrol duties sank a boat in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=133&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK Agrees to Armed Guards on British Ships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK government says it intends sanctioning the use of armed guards on ships sailing under a British flag and that the home secretary will be given the powers to license armed guards for these ships. The decision, which has been expected, means that Britain has joined several other nations in accepting that the use of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=129&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AIS capabilities along the South African coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maritime technology provider, Marine Data Solutions of Cape Town, has begun implementing an Automatic Identification System (AIS) coastal network with Aids to Navigation (AtoN) capabilities along the South African coast. The company, which specialises in Vessel Traffic Management and Information Systems and other maritime domain awareness solutions, was awarded the turnkey contract by Lighthouse Services, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=125&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Naval Vessel Le Orla</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Le Orla visiting the Irish port of Arklow &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=121&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Navy official hails subs&#8217; role in Libya operation</title>
		<link>http://secureships.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/navy-official-hails-subs-role-in-libya-operation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROTON, Conn. (AP) — A Navy commander is hailing the role that U.S. submarines played in the military operation that led to the overthrow of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Rear Adm. Richard P. Breckenridge says the attack submarine USS Florida softened Libyan defenses in March by shooting more than 90 Tomahawk cruise missiles in support [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=117&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sisulu condemns piracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa&#8217;s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu has again spoken out against the scourge of piracy. Addressing the 10th South African-Botswana Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security she lamented the economic impact of high seas crime. “The maritime interests of South Africa are derived from it geographical location, geo-economic, structure and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=115&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cool Pic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<title>Royal Navy captures pirate mothership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pirate mothership (dhow) involved in attacks on merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean has been stopped and boarded by ships from the Royal Navy operating in the Indian Ocean. This action followed on from the successful rescue of the Italian Merchant Ship Monte Cristo on 11 October by the RFA Fort Victoria, reports the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=secureships.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28059650&amp;post=105&amp;subd=secureships&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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