Freedom Yachts

Piracy-related events in the past year
AP Online; 12/29/2009; 871 words; ...Spanish warship looks on. Oct. 29 _ A British couple sailing a yacht off Somalia say they have been seized by pirates. They still...April 10 _ Pirate recapture Phillips after he tries to swim for freedom. April 8 _ The unarmed crew of the Maersk Alabama wrests control...

AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 28, 2009.
AsiaPulse News; 12/28/2009; 556 words; ...the first night of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. - The New South Wales holiday road...s total. - The introduction of new freedom of information laws in NSW has stalled...Oceanic Viking refugees say it feels like freedom now as they settle down in Melbourne...

Sideline Chatter.(Sports)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 12/27/2009; 703 words; ...For not wearing a helmet. "They wanted to experience total freedom," Senior Constable Cathy Duder told the Australian Associated...for Christmas? The Elin Barbie came with houses, carts, yachts and a huge wardrobe. Tiger Ken was wearing a barrel. Envelope...

A smelly bus and lots of furniture.(Business)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/24/2009; 1042 words; ...of Bradenton, Florida, which failed in August 2008, and Freedom Bank, also in Bradenton, shut three months later. * A Diebold...Back then, the FDIC ended up with items that ranged from yachts, antiques and luxury homes to paintings and sculptures, he...

Girl sailor, 14, runs away.(News)
The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/21/2009; 366 words; ...worldwide debate on what limits should be put on children's freedom to undertake risky adventures. Her parents are separated and...Dutch and New Zealand citizenship because she was born on a yacht in New Zealand waters. She has said she might go there to fulfil...