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Somali pirates seize Yemeni vessel
By reuters.com
Published: 01/04/2010

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates captured a Yemeni vessel on Christmas Day, a day after they seized another ship from the Arab country, a regional maritime official said on Monday.

"MV Socotra 1 was taken by pirates on December 25. She is still under captivity," said Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the Kenya-based East Africa Sea Farers' Assistance Programme.

He had no more details on the ship.

A day earlier, sea gangs that have made the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean waters off east Africa very dangerous boarded another Yemeni ship, the Al Mahmoud 2, and forced it and its 16-member crew toward their base.

The pirates also captured the British-flagged Asian Glory with 25 crew members and the Singapore-flagged chemical tanker Pramoni on New Year's Day.

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