Navy foils pirates' plans

Nairobi - Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a South Korean cargo ship with 21 crew on board, but failed in an attempt to seize a Greek vessel in the Gulf of Aden, a maritime official said. "Pirates attacked a fully loaded South Korean bulk carrier en route from Europe to Asia and successfully hijacked her," Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Piracy has surged this year in the Gulf of Aden, part of an important shipping route from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. The seizure of the South Korean vessel brings the total number of vessels being held by Somali pirates to 11. Over 150 crew members are being held hostage. more..http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2391262,00.html