He says he is a pirate on board the cargo ship al-Mizan, which was seized by pirates.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Experts say it is the longest range of a pirate attack off the Somali coast yet.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

It was a jail that held the famous English pirate Stede Bonnet and his crew before they were hanged.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

Pirate ships often flew the flag of a friendly country as they sailed toward the ship they planned to rob.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

There is a possibility of pirate attacks wherever there is poverty,shipping traffic and relatively little law enforcement.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

They raised the pirate flag -- with its picture of a skull and crossed bones.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

She says 15 days after he disappeared, she heard on the radio that her son had been captured by the Americans as a suspected pirate.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22