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January 17, 2011
PILLAGING PIRATES
S. Korea warship pursues hijacked vessel
Seoul (AFP) Jan 16, 2011
South Korea has ordered a warship to chase a cargo ship hijacked by suspected Somali pirates, a Seoul official said Sunday, as President Lee Myung-Bak urged "all possible measures" to rescue the 21 crew. The destroyer Choi Young was sent to pursue the Samho Jewelry, a 11,500-tonne South Korean chemical freighter seized in the Indian Ocean, a presidential spokeswoman said. Lee held an emergency meeting on Sunday and urged officials to take "all possible measures" to rescue the ship and crew, she ... read more

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