The private security firm Blackwater Worldwide was prepared to battle Somali pirates on the high seas, a secret cable sent by a U.S. Embassy in Africa reveals. Online, December 1, 2010 (Newswire.com) ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge threw out all charges on Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007, saying the U.S. government had ...

WASHINGTON: The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million to avoid US prosecution for smuggling arms, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday. The ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking their biggest step yet to put that work and the ugly ...

(Adds Justice Dept reaction paragraph 11) By Dan Margolies and Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A federal judge threw out all charges on Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security ...