MOMBASA, Kenya, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese-owned MV Sea Horse which has been held by armed Somali pirates for more than a month docked at the Kenya's port of Mombasa on Tuesday. Bernard Odemba, a Kenya Ports Authority captain who steered MV Sea Horse across Likoni channel into the port, said there was clear evidence that pirates had used force to intimidate the 20-man crew. "There are bullet marks on the walls and some window panes have been shattered. The pirates stole 20,000 U.S. dollars in cash from the crew and took all their clothes," he told journalists in Mombasa. Odemba said the captain told him that the owner of the ship paid about 200,000 dollars as ransom for the release of the ship that was headed for Mombasa to collect relief cargo destined for Somalia at the time of hijacking, about 480 km off Kenyan coastline...more.. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/28/content_11275951.htmRussian navy seizes 29 pirates off Somalia: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian warship captured a suspected pirate vessel with 29 people on board off the coast of Somalia, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday, citing defense ministry sources.Russia's Admiral Panteleyev anti-submarine ship seized the vessel 15 miles off the coast of Somalia at 1212 GMT on Tuesday, the Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies reported."Seven Kalashnikov rifles, various pistols and an aluminum ladder were discovered during a search of the ship," RIA Novosti quoted the source as saying. Satellite navigation equipment and a large amount of ammunition was also seized."This allows us to assume that this group of pirates undertook two unsuccessful attempts to seize the TF Commander tanker with a Russian crew that was traveling through this region yesterday," RIA quoted the source as saying...more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/wl_nm/us_somalia_pirates_russia
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