BBC - The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to allow countries to send warships into Somalia's territorial waters to tackle pirates.

CNN - A first person account of what it is like to be captured by pirates.

Defense Technology International - Another look at attempts to control piracy off of Somalia.

Washington Post - The U.S. Navy is adopting more aggressive tactics to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia, helping last week to make the area free of captured vessels for the first time since February, according to a senior U.S. Navy commander in the region.

Reuters - U.S. and German navy ships have cornered Somali pirates who seized a Japanese-owned chemical tanker more than a month ago and are demanding a ransom.