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Captured Ukrainian crew plead for help


The Ukrainian crew of a cargo ship captured more than three months ago by Somalia pirates This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, and others involved in piracy. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members.

See also: pirates, wokou, buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers Ancient World
 pleaded Sunday for authorities to speed up efforts to gain their release and urgently evacuate e·vac·u·ate
v.
1. To empty or remove the contents of.

2. To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels.
 a female hostage.

"We are exhausted and desperate," the Ukranian skipper of the MV Ariana, Captain Voronov told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol.  by phone from the ship anchored off the village of Hobyo in northern Somalia.

A female crewmember who is reported to be ill pleaded for help in a phone call to a Ukrainian doctor in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The nature of her illness was not disclosed.

The pirates, who hijacked the ship on May 2, have refused to free the woman separately from other members of the 24-strong crew.

The vessel was seized north of Madagascar while on its way to the Middle East from Brazil with a cargo of 10,000 tonnes of soya beans, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Ecoterral International, an environmental watchdog that also monitors piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. .
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