Information on Cruises to the Mediterranean: 06 November 2005

Somali pirates getting bolder, attack Miami company's cruise ship
By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya -- The violent attack on a luxury cruise liner off Somalia's coast shows that pirates from the anarchic country are becoming bolder and more ambitious in their efforts to hijack ships for ransom and loot, a maritime official said Sunday.
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Pirates Attack Cruise Ship Off Horn of Africa
One crew member is injured after about 10 assailants fire weapons at the vessel. A retired Palm Springs doctor recounts the showdown.
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Unrest Reaches Paris; 28 Cars Torched
PARIS - Ten nights of urban unrest that brought thousands of arson attacks on cars, nursery schools and other targets from the Mediterranean to the German border reached Paris where at least 28 cars were burned overnight in the French capital, government officials said Sunday.
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Pirates may have also attacked U.N. ship
By RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The pirates who attacked a luxury cruise liner off Somalia's coast were likely to have been from the same group that hijacked a U.N.-chartered vessel in June and held its crew and food aid hostage for 100 days, a maritime official said Sunday.
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