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Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Pirates seized a North Korean-flagged cargo ship owned by Libya's White Sea Shipping in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia and Yemen, an anti-piracy task force said.
The 4,800-ton MV Rim changed course and was headed for the Somali Basin Wednesday, the European Union Naval Force said, CNN reported. The task force said two U.S. Navy ships working with NATO had confirmed the incident.
There was no immediate confirmation how many crew members were aboard the vessel when it was taken.
The incident comes two days after pirates released a Greek-owned vessel and its crew months after seizing the ship off Somalia, after an undisclosed ransom was paid by the ship's owners, CNN reported.
Besides the MV Rim, the International Maritime Bureau, dealing with a spate of such acts of piracy, said pirates currently hold nine ships with a total of 216 crew members.
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TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The mother of Josh Powell, who killed himself and his sons in a fire in Washington state, said in divorce papers he exhibited disturbing behavior as a teenager.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
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XINXIANG CITY, China, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A set of parents in China said they expected a large baby, but they were shocked when their son came out weighing a potentially record-setting 15 1/2 pounds.
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