Saudi says pirate "terrorism" will spark crackdown - Reuters South Africa

Spokesman: Egypt mulls "all options" to fight against piracy - Xinhua

Thai fishing boat hijacked by pirates off Somalia - The Associated Press

Japan's whaling fleet sets out for Antarctic
The main ship in Japan's whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic on Monday for its first hunt in the region since limping home with just over half its planned catch in April following clashes with militant anti-whaling activists, environmentalist group Greenpeace said.

Sea snakes drink only freshwater
It has been the long-standing dogma that the roughly 60 species of venomous sea snakes worldwide satisfy their drinking needs by drinking seawater, with internal salt glands filtering and excreting the salt. Experiments published this month with three species of captive sea kraits captured near Taiwan, however, found that the snakes refused to drink saltwater even if thirsty - and then would drink only freshwater or heavily diluted saltwater.

Update: Diving in the Maldives
More dive sites and dive companies in the Maldives are now listed on the SCUBA Travel guide to diving around the world.

Missing diver's body found
The body of a British diver who went missing for nearly two weeks has been found inside a wreck in Malta.

Seychelles wreck sunk
A wreck has been purposely sunk off the Seychelles as an artificial reef for divers.

Missing British diver in Malta feared dead
A British diver who went missing during a wreck dive off Malta is feared dead.

Microsoft rules out new takeover bid for Yahoo
San Francisco - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday ruled out a new takeover bid for troubled web portal Yahoo, but stressed that the software giant was still interested in partnering with Yahoo on search-related products. Ballmer's comments to ...

Vietnam police arrest leaders of a student-run porn site
Hanoi - Police in Vietnam have shut down the country's largest pornographic website, arresting a dozen people, most of whom are students, a high-ranking police official said Tuesday. This is the first time we have arrested so many people involved in...

Anti-virus software weak on explanations
Hanover, Germany - Most current generation anti-virus programs are greatly improved over their earlier counterparts, experts say. This applies in particular to their ability to use heuristic methods of recognizing and disarming previously unknown vir...

Microsoft rules out new takeover bid for Yahoo
San Francisco - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday ruled out a new takeover bid for troubled web portal Yahoo, but stressed that the software giant was still interested in partnering with Yahoo on search-related products. Ballmer's comments to ...

NASA staff bring 'Americana' to Russia's space base - Feature
Star City, Russia - Viewed from one side, they look like thinly-spread but typical US suburban homes. From the other, they are the most incongruous part of the Soviet cement-block landscape. The six cottages were built to US standards for NASA staffe...

Endeavour astronauts complete first spacewalk - Summary
Washington - Two NASA astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour completed a spacewalk on Tuesday to replace a nitrogen tank on the International Space Station and begin repair of a joint on a key solar panel. Heide Stefanyshyn-Pieper and Steve Bowe...