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07.12.2008, 15:48
Somali pirates have released a Ukrainian cargo vessel held captive for more than two months. The twenty-man crew of the Faina was freed following talks between the pirates and Ukraine's foreign ministry.
03.12.2008, 17:56
The Ukrainian vessel Faina is expected to be released by Somail pirates sometime soon, says the editor-in-chief of the Sov-Frakht Maritime Bulletin, Mikhail Voitenko, after a conversation with the ship’s owner.
09.12.2008, 15:01
The crew of a Ukrainian ship seized by pirates off Somalia have failed to regain control of the vessel. A pirate on the ship said the rebels responsible for the attempted mutiny now faced “serious punishment”, reports Russia’s Tass news agency
09.12.2008, 18:50
Pirates operating off the Somali coast are about to receive another US$3.5 million ransom for the release of the Ukrainian freighter Faina. That will bring their total haul to some US$40 million so far this year. But doe
Published: 30 September, 2008, 15:04
The U.S. navy says ‘Faina’, the ship hijacked by Somali pirates last week was carrying weapons bound for Sudan's Darfur region, which is currently subject to an international arms embargo. While the Ukrainian company in charge of the arms export rejects t
