U.S. Navy fires at Somali hijackers of Russian ship
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The U.S. Navy has fired on Somali pirates who hijacked the Russian crew and British captain of a ship sailing off the Horn of Africa, a maritime official said on Tuesday.
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President Vladimir Putin has fired the  commander of Russia&#39;s navy, taking to at least four the number  of top brass dismissed since he appointed a new defense  minister, media in Russia reported on Friday.
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A fire broke out aboard a Russian nuclear submarine, killing two crew members but causing no radiation threat, Russian news agencies reported Thursday.
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A U.S. warship is approaching the area off the Horn of Africa where Somali pirates have anchored a hijacked ship carrying U.N. food aid, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Monday.
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U.S. military officials said Wednesday that a Navy ship recently fired on pirates who overtook a Danish vessel off Somalia's coast.
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KISMAAYO, Somalia, Sept. 25 -- Islamic fighters in this Somali port city opened fire Monday toward residents who were burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest the takeover of the city hours earlier by the Islamic Courts militia.
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A Danish cargo ship with five crew was hijacked off Somalia's coast, the owner said Saturday, citing a report by the French navy.
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BARIKAW, Afghanistan  -- An explosives-rigged minivan crashed into a convoy of Marines that U.S. officials said also came under fire from militant gunmen Sunday. As many as 10 people were killed and 34 wounded as the convoy made a frenzied escape, and injured Afghans said the Americans fired on civilian cars and pedestrians as they sped away....
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The U.S. Navy is adopting more aggressive tactics to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia, helping last week to make the area free of captured vessels for the first time since February, according to a senior U.S. Navy commander in the region.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters in the   Somali port of Kismayo opened fire on Monday on residents who   were burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest   against the Islamist takeover of the city hours earlier.
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A US Navy ship fires on a suspected Islamist militant in a remote village in northern Somalia, reports say.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  -- An explosion killed at least 20 people and wounded a hundred more on Tuesday in a northern Somali port where Somali and Ethiopian immigrants begin the dangerous crossing to Yemen, a regional official said.
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Russia test-fired a new intercontinental  ballistic missile on Tuesday featuring multiple warheads which  can be independently targeted, Russian agencies reported.
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The crew of a ship hijacked from Somalia overpowered their attackers Tuesday and regained control of the vessel
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Fire broke out in the engine room of a Canadian training vessel on Lake Ontario, stranding 26 cadets and six crew members, and U.S. and Canadian boats were sent to assist, authorities said.
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Suspected Somali pirates attacked an Italian-owned cargo ship on Monday as it headed for Kenya's Mombasa port through one of the world's most dangerous waterways, a regional maritime group said.
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Russian special forces shot dead a  former Guantanamo Bay inmate in southern Russia on Wednesday,  the FSB security service said, describing him as an extremist.