Reuters: Seychelles News

FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:23:09 +0000

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said they freed the Ariana, a Greek ship, on Thursday which was hijacked more than six months ago as it sailed to the Middle East from Brazil.

Freed Spanish sailors talk of death threats

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:34 +0000

VICTORIA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The crew of a Spanish fishing boat freed by Somali pirates this week said they had been threatened with being shot during their near two month captivity.

UPDATE 3-Seized tanker's captain dies, Alabama attacked again

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:16:28 +0000

HARADHEERE, Somalia, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said on Wednesday.

FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:50:03 +0000

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Pirates have freed the Spanish fishing boat Alakrana, six weeks after hijacking it in the Indian Ocean, and all its crew are safe, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday. A pirate said a ransom had been paid.

UPDATE 1-France captures 12 suspected Somali pirates

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:02:11 +0000

PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The French navy captured 12 suspected pirates off the coasts of Somalia and the Seychelles on Thursday, an army spokesman said on Friday, as part of Europe's anti-piracy mission in the area.

FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:29:26 +0000

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked two more ships, a Yemeni fishing boat and a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the latest attacks of a growing maritime crime wave, the gunmen and officials said on Wednesday.

EU and Seychelles sign anti-piracy agreement

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:54 +0000

VICTORIA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The Seychelles and the European Union signed an agreement on Tuesday that would allow the deployment of EU troops on the Indian Ocean islands to counter a maritime crime wave by Somali pirates.

Maersk ship shakes off pirates near Seychelles

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:48:33 +0000

COPENHAGEN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk's container ship Nele Maersk was attacked by pirates off the Somali coast on Tuesday but evaded them unharmed, a company official said.

UPDATE 1-Seychelles October inflation slows to 25.6 pct y/y

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:58:13 +0000

* Led by declines in oil and fatty foods, dairy products

ANALYSIS-Emerging debt restructuring finds favour

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:20:13 +0000

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A global economic recovery and extensive support for emerging markets from multilateral lenders have driven up distressed debt prices, making the market more attractive for emerging sovereign borrowers to restructure debt.