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A republican senator is urging the pentagon to step up efforts at combating piracy. correspondent amy kellogg reports its not just a safety issue. piracy also costs the world economy $2 billion a year. >> in the first three months of the year, pirate attacks were up 300% from the same time last year. last november, random of $9.5 million was paid by the south carolinaensouthsouthkorea! tanker >> the amount of ransom paid spiraled creating incentive to get in the business. >> republican kirk trav...

"cry macho." a republican senator is urging the pentagon to step up efforts at combating piracy. correspondent amy kellogg reports its not just a safety issue. piracy also costs the world economy $2 billion a year. >> in the first three months of the year, pirate attacks were up 300% from the same time last year. last november, random of $9.5 million was paid by the south carolinaensouthsouthkorea! tanker >> the amount of ransom paid spiraled creating incentive to get in the business. >> repub...

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Yachts owner and two of their friends, it was the first time that u.s. citizens have died in the wake of hie pirate attacks in recent years. >> the next deadline to prevent a n.f.l. lockout and it sounds like they are away from a compromise. latest on the talks and prospects for the next season. that is coming up. or even 20 years? the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

Coast of india on their way to mumbai. but the smaller boats that went slower and had to make more frequent stops were closer into shore. scott and jean were out in the traffic lanes and contending with fishing boats and cargo ships. and one can imagine that depending on the wind they might have had to take a tack that took them out away from land, and they must have been picked off. somehow they slipped through the hole in the safety net. >> the other question is -- and weve seen, i guess, 53 o...

They were in international waters, peacefully going about their own business, and basically a bunch of criminals took them over for what they freely admit is economic gain. >> well, as we know, pirate attacks are big business. cnn anchor zain verjee joining me from london. you did a whole series on these pirates. . you covered the operations, how they work. the pirates have it down to a science? >> reporter: they do. any wall street firm would be impressed. they run with military precision with ...

Citizens have been killed in the wave of pirate attacks. and we are live in wisconsin. governor scott walker is set to hold a so-called fire side chat tonight. what hes planning to say and is there any compromise in the future there? and were back now with former defense secretary donald rumsfeld. you write there was no disagreement among those quote responsible for the planning of the war about troop levels for the deployment. general shinseki testified that several hundred thousand would b...

Rachel chandler, the royal navy could have intervened, they decided it was too dangerous and that couple was taken on to the shore in somalia. the bombing in mogadishu. somalia is a lawless country without an effective government. they cant send police to do a raid. if the military intervenes they have to do it in international waters before that boat gets close to the shore. we havent heard the "s/v quest" is close to shore. we will follow it in the coming hours and bring it to you when it come...

Choosing a replacement for the late senator robert byrd. and on the bottom with, pirate attacks around the world are down nearly 20% from last year. the international maritime bureau says the drop is due to beefed-up patrols. jenna: new numbers on the employment picture right here in the u.s. jobless claims coming in at 429,000. thats, in fact, the lowest level of americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits in nearly two years. but the jobless rate remains stuck at 9 and a half percent...

They will not be facing charges. at least thats what russias defense spokesperson is now saying. that story has some russian journalists wondering whether the pirates are even still alive. 11 pirates reportedly boarded the ship moscow university on wednesday off the coast of somalia. an area plagued by pirate attacks. the next day russian special forces stormed the tanker. you see it here in this file photo. were told the forces killed one pirate and arrested the other 10. now russian defense sp...