索马里海盗释放一艘新加坡货船

时间：2009-12-29 01:08:29

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Somali pirates have released a Singapore-flagged container ship that had been held for nearly 10 weeks, an EU naval¹ force in the area says.

索马里海盗释放一艘挂着新加坡国旗的货柜船，据悉该船已被劫持将近10周。

The Kota Wajar had been held off the Somali coast

It said the Kota Wajar, which had 21 crew members, was freed off the Somali pirate stronghold要塞，大本营 of Haradere.

The force provided no details about the release, but said a Canadian warship² was providing it with medical and logistical后勤方面的，逻辑的 assistance.

Earlier, China said it had rescued 25 crew kidnapped by Somali pirates.

Beijing made no mention of a ransom赎金 payment, despite reports that $4m (£2.5m) was delivered to pirates on Sunday.

The Kota Wajar was seized on 15 October 300 nautical⁴ miles海里 north of Seychelles while it was sailing to the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

Also on Monday, Yemen's defence ministry⁵ announced that a Yemeni cargo⁶ vessel⁷ with at least 15 people on board had been seized by Somali pirates.

It said the ship, the Al Mahmoud 2, had set off出发，动身 from Aden on 18 December.

The waters around Somalia are among the most dangerous in the world.

A recent surge汹涌，激增 in piracy⁸ has been blamed on the failure to find a solution to Somalia's political disputes.

Somalia has been without a functioning central government since 1991, and Islamists militants⁹ have taken control of most of the country.

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1 naval
adj.海军的，军舰的，船的
参考例句：
He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。 The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

2 warship
n.军舰，战舰
参考例句：
He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。 The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。

3 ransom
n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救
参考例句：
We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。 The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

4 nautical
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
参考例句：
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。 It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

5 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。 A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

7 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

8 piracy
n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害
参考例句：
The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。 They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

9 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。