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Somali pirates seize Greek cargo ship

Source: Xinhuanet.com
Nairobi : Kenya | 18 days ago  
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Suspected Somali pirates are believed to have hijacked a Greek cargo ship early on Thursday with crew members from Ukrain and Philippine onboard .     Regional maritime official said Delvina was heading for the Kenyan port city of Mombasa from Mediterranean when it was captured 250 miles northwest...
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  • News Source: Fox News | 18 days ago
    The TCG Gediz reacted to the call for help issued by the M/V Theoforos and detained the five bandits on board the motor boat," the military said in a statement, according to Reuters. Turkey has sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden since the...
  • News Source: Xinhuanet.com | 18 days ago
    Suspected Somali pirates are believed to have hijacked a Greek cargo ship early on Thursday with crew members from Ukrain and Philippine onboard .     Regional maritime official said Delvina was heading for the Kenyan port city of Mombasa from...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 18 days ago
    The Delvina, which had a cargo of wheat, was heading for Mombasa, Kenya from the Mediterranean when it was captured 520km east of the Tanzanian coast. Police had no contact with the ship after the crew sent out an alert...Another Panamanian-flagged...
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  • Blog Source: www.bartamaha.com
    Large boats like this are used as mother ships for pirates operating a thousand or more kilometers off the Somali coast. Some 700 kilometers from the Kenyan coast of Mombasa, a U.S. cargo ship carrying food aid, was attacked by two ...
  • Blog Source: www.eaglespeak.us
    MV Harriette, a US flagged Cargo vessel was attacked by two small skiffs. The pirates opened fire with automatic weapons. Rocket Propelled grenades were also seen by the crew of the Harriette. The pirates tried to get onboard the vessel ...
  • Blog Source: piglipstick.blogspot.com
    Apparently in this case "An Israeli Navy commando force, that reached the deep sea in small boats, boarded the Francop, a cargo ship owned by charter company UFS traveling under an Antiguan flag." The cargo ship was 100 miles out to sea ...
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    @jackschofield @pezholio Yes, content wins, as Radio Luxembourg and the pirates proved. Then convenience, probably! But we should get good sound as well.

    18 days ago

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