|
||||
Argitaratu
FAQ
Editoriala
Laguntza
Kontaktatu
|
||||
Ekitaldiak![]() agenda ikusi ekitaldia argitaratu
Hiriakwww.indymedia.org Proyectos radio satellite tv video Africa ambazonia canarias estrecho kenya nigeria áfrica del sur Canada hamilton london, ontario maritimes montreal ontario ottawa quebec thunder bay vancouver victoria windsor winnipeg Asia Del Este burma jakarta japón korea manila qc Europa abruzzo alacant andorra anveres armenia atenas austria barcelona belarus bélgica belgrado bristol bulgaria calabria croacia chipre emilia-romagna estrecho euskal herria galiza alemania grenoble hungría londres irlanda estanbul italia la plana liege liguria lille linksunten lombardia madrid malta marseille nantes napoli holanda niza noruega oost-vlaanderen c.m.i. indymedia paris/île-de-france patras piemonte polonia portugal roma romania rusia saint-petersburg escocia suecia suiza tesalónica torun toscana toulouse ukraine gran bretaña valencia America Latina argentina bolivia chiapas chile chile sur brasil colombia ecuador méxico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario santiago tijuana uruguay valparaiso venezuela indimedia Oceania adelaida aotearoa brisbane burma darwin jakarta manila melbourne oceanía perth qc sydney Asia Del Sur india mumbai Estados Unidos arizona arkansas asheville atlanta austin baltimore big muddy binghamton boston bufalo charlottesville chicago cleveland colorado columbus washington, dc hawaii houston ny capital ciudad de kansas los ángeles madison maine miami michigan milwaukee minneapolis/st. paul new hampshire nueva jersey nuevo méxico nueva orleans north carolina north texas nyc oklahoma filadelfia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rogue valley st louis san diego san francisco bahía de san francisco santa barbara santa cruz, ca sarasota seattle tampa bay tennessee estados unidos urbana-champaign vermont western mass worcester Asia Del Oeste armenia beirut israel palestina Temas biotech Proceso fbi/legal updates mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer |
Pirates want $25M for Saudi super-tanker| Internazionalismoa |Don Cisccione , 20.11.2008 23:10 MANILA, Philippines ? 7 more Filipinos taken by Somali pirates .....Suspected Somali pirates seemed to have stepped up their hijacking activities as they took on Tuesday another ship with seven Filipino seamen, Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. In a text message, Crescente Relacion, executive director of DFA's Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, identified the ship as Hongkong-flagged and Iran-operated M/V Delight.
Citing reports from the Philippine embassy in Nairobi, Relacion said 25-crew ship was hijacked in Gulf of Aden last November 18.
"All crew members are reported unharmed. The incident brings to eight the number of hijacked vessels with Filipino crewmen and to 134 the number of Filipino seamen in Somali pirates' hands," he said. Relacion said the DFA has instructed the Philippine embassies in Nairobi, Manama, and Tehran to coordinate with ship owners and international maritime authorities on efforts to secure safe release of crew and vessel. The other seven ships with Filipino seamen held by the pirates are: M/T Centauri, hijacked September 17, with 26 Filipino seamen; M/T Captain Stefanos, September 21, with 17; M/T African Sanderling, October 15, with 21; M/T Stolt Strength, November 10, with 23; F/B Tianyu #8, November 14, with three; M/V Sirius Star, November 15, with 19; and M/V Chemstar Venus, November 16, with 18. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20081120-173348/7-more-Filipinos-taken-by-Somali-pirates - NAIROBI; First Posted 17:17:00 11/20/2008 - Somali pirates who hijacked Saudi oil super-tanker Sirius Star on Thursday are demanding $25 million in ransom and have set a 10-day deadline, one of the pirates told Agence France-Presse (AFP). "We are demanding $25 million from the Saudi owners of the tanker. We do not want long-term discussions to resolve the matter," Mohamed Said told AFP from the ship. "The Saudis have 10 days to comply, otherwise we will take action that could be disastrous," Said added, without elaborating. Seized at the weekend in the Indian Ocean some 500 miles (800 kilometers) off the coast of Kenya, the Sirius Star is now anchored at the Somali pirate lair of Harardhere, according to local officials. The super-tanker was loaded to capacity with two million barrels of oil when it was seized along with its crew of 25 -- 19 from the Philippines, two from Britain, two from Poland, one Croatian and one Saudi. It was the largest ship yet taken by Somali pirates and the attack furthest away from Somalia. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal said the ship's owners are in talks with the pirates, but the company that operates the Sirius Star has remained tight-lipped about the claims of negotiations. "We cannot confirm, nor deny" reports of negotiations with the hijackers, said Mihir Sapur, the spokesman of Vela International, a subsidiary of Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco. As international rage mounted over a situation described by the International Maritime Bureau as "out of control," the African Union said the surge in piracy was a result of worsening security in Somalia. "This is a clear indication of the deterioriating situation with serious consequences for the country, region and the international community at large," AU Commission chief Jean Ping said in a statement released in Addis Ababa. He called for "stronger and more coordinated efforts," to return stability to Somalia, "including a rapid deployment of a United Nations peace force." Somalia has lacked an effective central authority since the 1991 ouster of president Mohamed Siad Barre set off bloody power struggles that have defied numerous bids to restore normalcy. Russia's ambassador to NATO has meanwhile called for an international ground military operation to better combat rampant piracy in the region. "It's up to the European Union, NATO and others to launch a coastal land operation to eliminate the pirates," Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told AFP late Wednesday. Rogozin, whose country has a ship in the waters near the lawless Horn of Africa country, insisted that "naval action alone will not be enough to liquidate the threat of piracy". http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20081120-173391/Pirates-want-25M-for-Saudi-super-tanker
|
|||
|
Copyright © 2002 Indymedia Euskal Herria |
||||