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Pirates seize Chinese boat off Yemen: maritime group

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Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:28am EST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pirates hijacked a Chinese fishing boat off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday, the fourth vessel seized in the Gulf of Aden in 24 hours, a Kenyan maritime official said on Wednesday.

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Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance program said the vessel, the Zhenhua-4, was taken about 50 nautical miles off Yemen and was believed to have about 30 Chinese crew on board.

(Reporting by Wangui Kanina; Editing by David Clarke)
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