Ransom agreed for ship carrying tanks
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-01 07:39
Ukrainian ship MV Faina, which is carrying tanks, is observed by the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Hoybyo, Somalia, on Sept 29, 2008. File photo |
Somali pirates have agreed on a ransom for a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other heavy weapons and it could be released within days, a spokesman said yesterday.
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