grenade launchers and small arms off Somalia's coast and are demanding a $20 million ransom. The MV Faina was seized in late September and is being monitored by nearby U.S. naval ships.

With Somali pirates releasing the MV Faina on Thursday, the Kenyan military is effectively stuck with 33 Russian made tanks rumoured to have been ordered by the government of Southern Sudan.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Pirates holding a ship full of tanks and ammunition off the coast of Somalia are likely to be paid millions of dollars in ransom within days, senior U.S. military officials said.

This is the background against which Somali pirates last week released their most controversial hijacked ship, the Ukrainian MV Faina, packed with tanks and weapons en route to a mystery destination.

One of the notable piracy incidents at this time was the capture of MV Faina, a Ukrainian vessel carrying 33 tanks, alongside ammunition and arms. The pirates demanded an eye-watering USD 14 ...

MV Faina, whose release from Somali pirates is said to have been negotiated by a piracy suspect arrested in Belgium. PHOTO: COURTESY: FILE/STANDARD] MOMBASA: Questions abound over who in Kenya ...

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The Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah, which was released by pirates on April 14, reached the outer anchorage of the UAE port Al Hamriyah at 4:30pm (Bangladesh time) yesterday. The ship reached the ...

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