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NEW DELHI: India has asked Indian Ocean region countries for a “clear” demarcation of piracy-infested waters and sought setting up of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to promote inter-operability and understanding among the navies active in the area. During the recently concluded Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in South Africa, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma …

NEW DELHI: India has asked Indian Ocean region countries for a “clear” demarcation of piracy-infested waters and sought setting up of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to promote inter-operability and understanding among the navies active in the area. During the recently concluded Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in South Africa, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma …

Washington, April 21 (IANS) As India and the United States work out a “shared strategy” to combat piracy, its expanding range beyond the western Indian Ocean close to India’s western coast has emerged as an issue of concern. “India’s a critical partner in our multilateral efforts to combat piracy,” Tom Kelly, principal deputy assistant secretary …

The trial of a Somali man U.S. authorities consider the highest-ranking pirate they have ever captured will begin this week in Virginia under a cloud of uncertainty about what the definition of piracy is. Mohammad Saaili Shibin is charged with piracy and a host of other charges for his role in the 2011 hijacking of …

by Gloria Jane Baylon MANILA ? Editor’s Note: This is a Q-and-A primer on territorial and sovereignty claims, in part or in whole, of the South China Sea, a timely snapshot read particularly now that the Scarborough scare has just been upon us. Scarborough shoal is the international reference for what the Philippines now call …

Over the past decades, the Philippines used to be benign with its defence strategy over the claims in South China Sea. Domestic turmoil, economic down-turn and southern rebellions kept the country at arm’s length on this key security issue. However, since July 2010, the government under President Benign Aquino III has displayed assertive foreign policy …

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters)- – A judge in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal sidestepped the question of whether the public could hear an alleged Qaeda chieftain’s testimony about his mistreatment in CIA custody by issuing a ruling on Wednesday that made the testimony unnecessary. The action came in a pretrial hearing for …

Ronald O’Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs Summary The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. The question is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because many U.S. military programs for countering improved Chinese …

Coordination and co-operation: activities of IMO and the way forward Secretary-General of  International Maritime Organization, Mr Koji Sekimizu gave a keynote speech regarding ”Coordination and co-operation: activities of IMO and the way forward”  during the Seminar on Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea, on 28 of March 2012 (Brussels Session 1 “Orchestrating the response”) as follows: …

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan minister has called for joint patrolling by the Indian and Sri Lankan Navies to prevent clashes between their fishermen. Douglas Devananda, the ministry for traditional industries and small enterprises development, claimed on Thursday that Indians encroaching in Sri Lankan waters off Kachchaitivu Island resulted in clashes and affected the daily livelihood …