The hijacked Chinese fishing vessel is being held off the coast of the southern Somalia port city of Kismanyu, while the 24 crew members on board are "fine," a pirate leader told local radio in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, Friday. The pirate... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Fri, Nov 14 2008
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High-seas piracy as Chinese boat held » Shanghai Daily A HIJACKED Chinese fishing vessel is being held off the coast of the southern Somalia port city of Kismanyu. The 24 crew members on board, 16 of them Chinese, were "fine," a pirate leader told local radio in Mogadishu,... |
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Chinese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates » People's Daily A Chinese fishing vessel was hijacked by pirates armed with grenade launchers and automatic weapons off the coast of Kenya late Thursday night and was being held off the coast of the southern Somalia port city of Kismanyu on Friday. The 24 crew... |
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Somali pirates release Chinese fishing vessel » People's Daily A Chinese fishing vessel held by pirates in Somali waters since last year was released Sunday, with 24 crew on board safe, the Foreign Ministry said here in a statement. The vessel Tianyu No. 8, owned by China's Tianjin Ocean Fishing Company, was... |