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 The sole surviving pirate from the attack on the U.S. cargo ship the Maersk Alabamaarived in New York to stand trail for Piracy. It's the first trial for piracy on the high seas in the U.S. in over a century. A Somali teenager accused of being one of the pirates who held an American sea captain hostage has been flown from Africa to the US to face trial. Abde Wale Abdul Kadhir Muse is the first person to be tried in the US on piracy charges in more than a century, the Associated Press news agency says. He was held over the seizure off Somalia of Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship. Earlier, his mother appealed to US President Barack Obama to free him. Adar Abdurahman Hassan told the BBC her son was innocent and just 16 years old. While her son was allegedly negotiating on a US warship, naval snipers shot dead three pirates holding the captain. You can read the full BBC article HERE (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8009463.stm) Read on for this weeks Weekly Piracy Report!
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