Chinese ship with 25 onboard hijacked in Indian Ocean.Byline: ANI Brussels, Oct.20 (ANI): A Chinese bulk carrier-De Xin Hai-has been hijacked in the Indian Ocean with 25 Chinese aboard. The Xinhua news agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation). The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese: quoted an official John Harbour, as saying that the EU NAVFOR NAVFOR Naval Force(s) Maritime Patrol Aircraft ( MPA MPA medroxyprogesterone acetate. ) has located the ship and has seen pirates on board, as well as some small boats (skiffs) that are used in pirate attacks. The ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, 350 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles off the east coast of Somalia, the EU naval force said in a statement from its headquarters in Britain. The bulk carrier was not registered with the Maritime Security Center Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. . Counting these 25 new hostages from the bulk carrier, the total number of hostages held by pirates at the Somali Coastline has reached 146, the EU naval force said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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