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Somalis hijack grain ship, take Spaniards hostage

Reuters US Online Report World News yesterday

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a Greek-owned vessel full of wheat in the Indian Ocean on Thursday and threatened to hand three Spanish captives to the families of two suspected gunmen being held in Spain. The Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier MV ...

Murray tested by Mayer in Valencia second round

Reuters US Online Report Sports News yesterday

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Top seed Andy Murray beat little-known Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the second round of the Valencia Open on Thursday as the Briton continued his comeback from a wrist injury. The world number four, who before ...

Valencia Open 500 - Day Five

Getty Images yesterday

VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 06: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Bottem) of Spain serves the ball in his quarter final match against Nikolay Davydenko of Russia during the ATP 500 World Tour Valencia Open tennis tournament at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias ...

Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates

AP News yesterday

Spain rules out freeing pirates as demanded by brigands holding Spanish trawler and crew Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast ...

Families of Spanish hostages urge negotiations

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Families of the crew of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates appealed to Spain's government on Friday to negotiate with the kidnappers, who have threatened to kill the hostages. They urged Spanish authorities to release two suspected Somali pirates ...

Spain Soccer Champions League

AP News yesterday

Chelsea's Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast, left, reacts with fellow team members after scoring a goal against Atletico de Madrid during their Group D Champions League soccer match at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP ...

World Series Baseball

AP News 2 days ago

Paula Cunha, 20, of Denia, Spain, left, jumps for a photo taken by her mother Maria Pelegrin, right, while visiting Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game ...

Valencia Open 500 - Day Four

Getty Images 2 days ago

VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 05: Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates his second round match win over Leonardo Mayer of Argentina during the ATP 500 World Tour Valencia Open tennis tournament at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias on November ...

Pirates take crew of Spanish trawler to Somalia: minister

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

Pirates holding a Spanish tuna trawler off the Somali coast took three of its crew members to Somalia on Thursday, Spain's Defence Minister Carme Chacon said. "At 8:15am the pirates ordered (several of the crew) to call their families to tell them ...

Pirates 'take crew of Spanish trawler to Somalia'

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

Pirates who captured Spanish tuna boat Alakrana off the Somali coast last month took three of its crew to Somalia to put more pressure on the Spanish government, the wife of one of the fishermen said Thursday. "They led away three members ...

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