Pirates have stories worth telling

Did you know that the Soviet Union helped the pirates in WWII?

A book by Igor Bunich, The Fuhrer’s Pirates, includes three stories based on facts about the sea pirates. And although the stories are dedicated to the fleet of the once-deadly enemy of the country, the characters of the book are not divided into ours and the enemies’. These are stories about nobility, treachery, fatal risk, the sea and war; these are stories relating that every vessel has its soul, which can be gloomy, evil, kind or cheerful. This cosmopolitanism arises from the fact that the man-of-war’s men, as well as pilots, although they belong to inimical parties, are very much alike in their shared love for the sea and the sky – which is, after all, beyond enmity and politics. click to read more

ugliest three legged dog dies

Cancer got the ugliest dog. R.I.P. Gus – I will miss your ugly face

A Florida woman says she is mourning the loss of Gus, her Chinese crested who had the honor of being the world’s ugliest dog.

 

The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times said Tuesday 9-year-old Gus was put down this week in a losing battle against skin cancer.

http://news.aol.com/article/worlds-ugliest-dog-dies-of-cancer/243459

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-gus-worlds-ugliest-dog-dead-081110-ht,0,1883363.story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7467539.stm

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/11/11/Ailing_Gus_worlds_ugliest_dog_put_down/UPI-24871226423394/

Pirates gone wild

Pirates seize chemical tanker, 23 crew off Somalia

As of Monday, there have been 83 attacks this year in Somali waters, with 33 ships hijacked. Twelve vessels remain in the hands of pirates along with more than 200 crew, Choong said, most notably a Ukrainian freighter loaded with tanks and weapons seized Sept. 25.

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