Max Hardberger steals ships from pirates and has even taken on those in the Caribbean.

When Max comes sailing over the horizon, his foes have good reason to start quaking with fear. In a story that could be lifted straight from a Hollywood script, the bearded 62-year-old is the only man in the world who steals ships from pirates. The high seas repo man has recovered ‘around 15’ hijacked vessels in the last 25 years. He had taken on everyone from Russian mobsters to real-life pirates of the Caribbean. His latest mission is to tackle...

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42 immigrants were rescued from a drifting patera small boat 30 miles off the coast of Motril

42 immigrants were rescued from a drifting patera small boat 30 miles off the coast of Motril at 11pm on Thursday night. The outboard motor on the Zodiac boat had broken down. Coastguard sources report that there were four Asians on the boat, but all the rest were from the Sub-Sahara. The Coastguards received an alert about the boat at 6pm and increased patrols in the area, including by air, and it was the Sasemar 100 plane which made the sighting...

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Cataluña has announced plans to prohibit prostitution on the public highway in the region

Artur Mas Government in Cataluña has announced plans to prohibit prostitution on the public highway in the region, with fines to be placed on both the prostitutes and their clients. Interior councillor, Felip Puig, explained that working on the street would be considered as an ‘administrative infraction’, and said that he hoped it would become law before the summer, when the NII road fills up with prostitutes. Currently some municipalities in Cataluña...

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Prince Andrew's daughter given diamond necklace by Libyan businessman

More pressure is being piled on Prince Andrew over his work as Britain's special trade representative after it was alleged that his daughter Princess Beatrice was given a diamond necklace by a Libyan businessman on her 21st birthday. The businessman, Tarek Kaituni, who is now a US citizen, has convictions for possession of drugs – for which he served a prison sentence in 1998 – and attempting to smuggle a sub-machine gun into France. He was a guest...

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