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Tue 11 Nov 2008Pirates take grain ship in second hijacking
A Hong Kong ship loaded with wheat bound for Iran was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden today, maritime officials said, the latest raid in the Horn of Africa's perilous waters.
The Delight, with 25 crew members on board, was captured off the Yemen coast at about 6am GMT and is currently sailing towards Somalia, an official at Hong Kong's Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre said.
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