Somalia piracy: India ship hijacked in new attack

It was accepted to have been going amongst Dubai and Bosasso, in Puntland, when it was seized.

It is the second such assault as of late. A month ago, privateers grabbed a tanker headed for Mogadishu however discharged it clearly without conditions.

A group part had clearly called the proprietor to disclose to him the vessel was captured adrift last Friday. Five shooters were said to be ready, yet nobody had been harmed.

Senior Indian delivery official Nalini Shankar said the vessel was "not a major ship, but rather a dhow", the Press Truss of India detailed.

The Somali site Daynile said the assault happened nearly 50km (30 miles) south of the port town of Hobyo.

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Theft off the Somali drift - for the most part for payment - has dropped essentially as of late, to some extent due to broad universal military watches and also bolster for nearby angling groups.

At the tallness of the emergency in 2011, there were 237 assaults and the yearly cost of theft was assessed to be up to $8bn (£7bn).

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World's Oldest Person Dies In New York At The Age Of 116

The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, a research group said.

Jones' death makes Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, a 116-year-old woman in Italy, the oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

Jones, who was born in the southern U.S. state of Alabama in 1899, was the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves.

After graduating from high school she moved north in 1922 to New Jersey and then New York, where she worked as a housekeeper and childcare provider, according to Guinness World Records and the Vandalia Senior Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, where she lived.

Jones, who retired in 1965, had said that lots of sleep is the secret to her longevity and that she had never smoked or drank alcohol.

The oldest verified person was Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days, the research group said.

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