Accused Somali pirate hauled before judge in Brooklyn, denied bail
(New York Post Local News)

An accused pirate who was allegedly part of a Somali crew that kidnapped an American journalist and held him hostage on a hijacked ship while demanding a $20 million bounty was hauled before a federal judge in Brooklyn Wednesday. Abdi Yusuf Hassan, 51 - who is accused of negotiating the writer’s ransom during his years-long...