Somali pirates receive $2 million for British-owned ship

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) – Somali pirates said on Sunday they had received a $2-million (1.3-million pound) ransom for the release of a British-owned vessel and its 16 Bulgarian crew.
Pirate attacks, fueled by large ransoms, have continued almost unabated despite the presence of an armada of foreign warships patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.
"We got a $2 million ransom for the release of the British-owned ship," pirate Mohamed Saleh, from the Somali coastal village of Eyl, told Reuters on Sunday...more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090510/ts_nm/us_somalia_piracy