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Report: Pirate attacks fall to 20-year low, but danger remains

Global Politics

But the Philippines remain dangerous.

A screenshot of the Silk Road website, allegedly an underground online drug market, after it was closed by U.S. authorities November 6, 2014.

Will the real Dread Pirate Roberts please stand up?

Technology
Youth sit on Havana's El Malecon seafront bolulevard December 17, 2014.

Cuban entrepreneurs find ways to get information — with or without the Internet

Technology
Fishing Without Nets pirate

Fishing Without Nets tells the part of the Somali pirate story left out of Captain Phillips

Media
Frank and Miriam Kuseni are gospel artists based in Lilongwe, Malawi. They were forced to stop selling their CDs on the street.

Malawi’s campaign against music piracy is trapping its own musicians

Arts, Culture & Media

Toxic! Britney Spears used as a weapon against Somali pirates

Conflict & Justice

If you ever plan to travel by sea off the coast of east Africa, make a note to self: Britney Spears’ music seems to have a repellent effect against pirates.

Barkhad Abdi, a first-time actor who plays the lead pirate in "Captain Phillips."

How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in ‘Captain Phillips’

Arts, Culture & Media

You wouldn’t wish anyone to have a childhood that started in war-torn Somalia. But in the real-life story of pirates who commandeered a US cargo ship and were pursued by US Navy SEALs, Barkhad Abdi says his few early years in Somalia helped him in his co-starring role.

Greenpeace activist Faiza Oulahsen in court at Murmansk (Photo: Reuters)

Russia charges Greenpeace activists with piracy after protest at Arctic oil rig

Environment

Russian authorities have now charged all 30 members of the crew of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise after a protest at an Arctic oil rig last month.

Former Seal Team 6 commander says more raids likely as military evolves

Global Politics

On Wednesday, the now-famous SEAL Team Six conducted another high-profile operation, rescuing two hostages in Somalia. Ryan Zinke, a politician and former Team Six commander, says as the military and conflicts evolve, these sorts of actions will become more common.

U.S. Navy SEALs conduct hostage rescue in Somalia

President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced that the military had successfully completed a hostage rescue in a remote area of Somalia, where the American and Dane had been taken hostage.