Somali pirates hijack US-flagged ship
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The Associated Press
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 09, 2009 00:00
NAIROBI - Somali pirates yesterday hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship with 20 American crew members onboard, according to the shipping company.
The 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama was carrying emergency relief to Mombasa, Kenya at the time it was hijacked, said Peter Beck-Bang, spokesman for the Copenhagen-based container shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk. In a statement, the company later confirmed that the U.S.-flagged vessel has 20 U.S. nationals onboard.