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Somali pirate suspect charged with two more attacks

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A Somali man held in New York on piracy charges was accused Tuesday in two more attacks against ships in the Indian Ocean. Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse was brought to the United States last year after being captured at the scene of a dramatic clash between the US navy and Somali pirates holding hostage a US merchant captain. In a new indictment, prosecutors say Muse was not only responsible for the attack on the Maersk Alabama, but for earlier raids on two other ships. Muse pleaded not guilty in...Read Full Story

Somali pirate suspect in legal limbo in Spain

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A young Somali captured in connection with the hijacking of a Spanish trawler and brought to Madrid has slipped into legal limbo, with courts unable to decide if he is an adult or a minor or who should prosecute him, an official said Wednesday. For now the suspect has been transferred first from a prison to a home for troubled youths, then to a formal juvenile detention center, while the courts try to figure out how to proceed, the official of the National Court said on condition of anonymity...Read Full Story

Pirate comes to NY, world away from home in Africa

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Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse grew up destitute in Somalia, the oldest of 12 kids and the product of a violent, lawless nation where his parents scraped together a few dollars a day selling milk and tending to a small herd of camels, cows and goats. For entertainment, he would frequent a run-down outdoor cinema and watch Bollywood movies in a town with no running water or electricity. He eventually joined a gang of pirates who laid siege to an American cargo ship and took the captain hostage before...Read Full Story

Mystery surrounds Somali pirate's personal life

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At home in central Somalia, Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse frequented a dusty, outdoor cinema after school, watched Bollywood films dubbed into his native Somali and, his mother says, "was wise beyond his age." Now Muse — the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain — is a world away in New York City to face what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century. He smiled but said nothing Tuesday as he was led into a...Read Full Story

Somali pirate due in New York court

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The lone surviving pirate captured by US special forces in a high-seas drama off Somalia is due to appear in court on Tuesday in what is believed to be the first US piracy charges for more than a century. Officials said Abdi Wali Muse, who arrived in the city late Monday, would appear at a New York court at around 15:00 pm (1900 GMT). A smiling Muse was Monday led by federal agents past a bank of media cameras and into New York's Federal Plaza in a driving rainstorm after his arrival. His...Read Full Story
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