Russian warship opens fire, takes oil tanker back from pirates
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 07:41
in Mathematics & Economics
The 23 crewmen are rescued, and Russian media say one pirates is dead and 10 are arrested. The tanker's cargo is worth more than $50 million. The fortunes of a band of Somali pirates quickly changed Thursday when a Russian warship opened fire on a hijacked oil tanker, freeing the crew and arresting the bandits, who a day earlier had raced across...