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January 12, 2010 Note: The following text is a quote: http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo011210.htm Manhattan U.S. Attorney Files Superseding Indictment Against Alleged Somali Pirate Charging Involvement in Two Additional Hijackings Captain and Crew of Second Ship Still Being Held Hostage PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a superseding indictment against ABDUWALI ABDUKHADIR MUSÉ. MUSÉ was previously indicted on May 19, 2009, for his alleged participation in the April 8, 2009, hijacking of the Maersk Alabama container ship in the Indian Ocean, and the subsequent taking of the captain of the ship...

The prosecution of a Somali teenager accused of leading a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the coast of Africa was taken off the fast track Thursday after a lawyer said more time will be needed to translate some Somali recordings into English. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where he was brought after his arrest aboard the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama in April. Authorities say Muse was the only surviving pirate of a group that he led in an attack off the coast of Africa on the cargo ship, which was carrying humanitarian...