A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom payment on Sunday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, said a pirate source on board the vessel. The De Xin Hai and its 25 crew were carrying about 76,000 tonnes of coal from South Africa to Mundra in India when it was seized in an audacious attack by the gunmen some 700 miles east of the Horn of Africa.
Third dhow to be taken in a week: shipping association.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pirates-seize-indian-dhow-crew-off-somalia-group/107100-2.html
The warship was on an anti-piracy patrol off the Gulf of Aden.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-navy-foils-hijack-attempt-by-pirates/106650-3.html
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The sailors were dropped off late on Saturday in Puntland's capital Garowe.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/somali-pirates-free-nine-indians-bangladeshis/105312-2.html
Can ship owners use water to fight pirates?
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/104282/watch-pirate-attacks-on-the-rise-in-high-seas.html
The families want the Panamaian ship owner intervene for the crews' release.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/4-days-gone-no-news-from-hijacked-ship-with-indian-crew/103945-3.html
Panamanian vessel carrying wheat taken over by at least 3 pirates .
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ship-with-24-indian-crewmembers-hijacked-off-somalia/103747-2.html
Somali pirates have 4 Indian crewmembers of Singapore-flagged ship.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/103495/abducted-sailors-kin-pray-and-keep-fingers-crossed.html
Kota Wajar hijacked on May 15 is owned by a Singapore-based company.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-hostages-of-somali-pirates-safe/103487-2.html
MV Kota Wazir was seized north of Seychelles by hijackers on October 15.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/4-indians-on-board-ship-hijacked-by-somali-pirates/103426-3.html
The pirates are holding a hijacked ship off the coast of Somalia.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/somali-pirates-fire-at-us-navy-chopper/100174-2.html
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