BEIJING June 28 (Reuters) - A Singapore-registered ship with 19 Chinese sailors onboard was seized on Monday by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, where Somali pirates have menaced ocean traffic, the Chinese Ministry of Transport.The container cargo ship Golden Blessing was on its way from Saudi Arabia to India when it was boarded off East Africa, said a brief Chinese-language report on the Ministry website (www.moc.gov.cn).
"Currently, a rescue operation is under way," said the report. Full Story
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