A maritime official says an Egyptian cargo ship with 25 crew on board has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, according to AP. Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau says the ship was seized late Wednesday, making it the 10th vessel to be hijacked in the pirate-infested waterway since July 20. He says the attack occurred on the same day when a French sailboat was seized in the area. He says no other information was immediately available. The French ministry said it believed there were only two French nationals aboard the sailboat. Choong says the distress report to IMB showed there was a third non-French crew member on the boat.
