NEW YORK Feb. 16, 2011 — -- A Somali pirate asked for forgiveness from his victims and from the U.S. government in a New York courtroom today, but instead received nearly the maximum sentence ...

Prosecutors say Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was not shy about making his presence known on the Maersk Alabama, brazenly tearing through the ship in a way that belied his young age and skinny frame. He was ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge tearfully read victims letters on Wednesday before sentencing Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse to 405 months in a federal prison, the maximum penalty the law allowed, for ...

Abdiwali Abdikhadir Muse, wearing a blue T-shirt and with head lowered as he entered the court with an interpreter yesterday, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison if convicted on the most ...

The mother of a Somali pirate who pleaded guilty to charges of hijacking a U.S.-flagged ship and kidnapping its captain appealed to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to pardon her son and grant him ...

With Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse set to stand trial as an adult for the hijacking a U.S. container ship and holding its captain hostage for days, his mother is again begging for some ...

UPDATE: Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in prison. Federal Judge Loretta Preska in New York said the sentence serves as “general deterrence in this kind of crime.” ...

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged alleged Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse with hijacking two more ships in addition to the Maersk Alabama last spring in a superseding indictment ...

Not that anyone cares anymore, but yesterday “18-year-old” pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was indicted on ten charges, including those of “piracy under the law of nations, conspiracy, hostage-taking, ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - The sole survivor of the Somali pirate group accused of attacking a U.S. cargo ship and abducting its captain was charged with piracy in Federal Court on Tuesday. Abdiwali Abdiqadir ...

PHILADELPHIA – The Somali teenager accused of participating in the hostage-taking of an American ship captain was on his first pirating mission, his father said early Tuesday. Abdiqadir Muse told The ...