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Somalia Pirates Seize Japanese-owned Metals Ship - Kenya 1 day ago <a href='http://broadcast.ino.com/srv/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a7d79994&amp;cb= 5358676' target='_blank'><img src='http://broadcast.ino.com/srv/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=8&amp;cb=53 58676&amp;n=a7d79994' border='0' alt='' /></a> NAIROBI (AFP)--Pirates have seized a Japanese-owned vessel transporting lead and zinc off the Somali coast, a Kenyan maritime official said Tuesday. The Panama-flagged MV Stella Maris was seized Sunday near Calula, a port town in Somalia's breakaway northern region of Puntland, said Andrew Mwangura of the Kenyan chapter of the Seafarers Assistance Program. The hijackers of the freighter are yet to make any demands, Mwangura told AFP, adding no information about its port of origin and destination, crew size or their nationalities had been received. The vessel is owned by Turtel Marine Shipping and managed by MMS Company of Japan. The waters off Somalia, which has not had an effective central government for more than 17 years, are considered to be among the most dangerous in the world. According to the International Maritime Bureau, more than 25 ships were seized off Somalia's 3,700 kilometers of coastline last year despite patrols by an international force based in Djibouti. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
