Pirates hijack Singapore-bound oil tanker

Reuters Africa, 28 Mar 2011
MOGADISHU, March 28 (Reuters) - Pirates firing rocket-propelled grenades and small arms hijacked an oil tanker bound for Singapore from Sudan on Monday, the European Union's anti-piracy task force said. "At approximately 0900 (GMT) on 28 March, the Crude Oil Tanker the MV ZIRKU was pirated approximately 250 nautical miles southeast of Salalah in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden," EU Navfor said on its website. Full story