The Somali pirates who hijacked the Danish tug Svitzer Korsakov telephoned Yemen, Djibouti and Dubai in a futile search for someone to collect a ransom and forward it to them for a fee. To the captive captain, they seemed like amateurs with no backup on shore ...

A Chinese crew fought off Somali pirates using homemade Molotov cocktails while a Filipino crew showered the pirates' path with old oil drums and wooden pallets. Another sailor aboard a ship being attacked simply pushed the pirates' ladder off the side, sending them tumbling into the waves. While ...