Around the World: Somalia

NATO forces foil attack

NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said yesterday.

Michael McWhinnie, a spokesman on the Canadian warship Winnipeg, said it, a British naval supply ship and US warship Halyburton all responded after pirates attacked the 80,000-ton MV Front Ardenne in the Gulf of Aden late on Saturday.