Pirates hijack ship with 29 Chinese sailors: Xinhua

SHANGHAI: Pirates hijacked a Chinese ship carrying 29 sailors in the Arabian Sea and told the ship’s owner that they were sailing the vessel to Somalia, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

The Panama-flagged ship, named Yuan Xiang, was seized on Friday night by an unknown number of pirates, with officials receiving a report from ship owner Ningbo Hongyuan Ship

Management Ltd just before midnight, Xinhua said, citing the China Marine Rescue Center (CMRC).

CMRC was unable to get in touch with the hijacked ship and the fate of the sailors remained unclear, Xinhua said, adding that the attacked occurred outside a region protected by a multinational force, including China’s navy.

The latest attack was made just one day after pirates took control of a Panama-flagged chemical tanker with a crew of 31 off the coast of Somalia.

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Hilal-i-Pakistan conferred upon Chinese VP

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday conferred Hilal-i-Pakistan award upon Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang during a special investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

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NATO supply arrangements to be reviewed: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said the government would review the arrangements of NATO supplies in the wake of latest attack on the organizations convoy heading to Afghanistan.

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Israeli Attack on Gaza 2 killed, 4 injured

Israeli Attack on Gaza 2 killed, 4 injured, At least two Palestinians have been killed and four others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip.
Gaza hospital sources announced the reception of two bodies late on Monday, along with four other victims who had received medium to critical injuries, after an Israeli tank shelled the eastern Gaza city neighborhood of Shejaeya.
The shelling caused serious damage in the densely populated area, reports say, but there are no more details on the incident. The latest attack comes two days after the Israeli military launched a series of air raids on Gaza, wounding seven people, including children.

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Israeli Attack on Gaza 2 killed, 4 injured was first posted on November 24, 2009 at 3:54 pm.