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Somalia: Four Europeans seized from yacht off Somalia coast Tue. June 24, 2008 06:33 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) Somali officials said on Tuesday that four European citizens have been seized from a yacht off Somalia's pirate-infested coast. The four - the pilot of the yacht plus a family of three - were abducted overnight on Sunday as they sailed through the Gulf of Aden, the district commissioner of the Las Korey area said. The kidnappers then abandoned the yacht on the shore and disappeared inland with their hostages, believed to be of German or French nationalities. Meanwhile, piracy is rife off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation. Cargo ships and luxury yachts have been targeted by the heavily-armed pirates, who then hold the crew ransom. The United Nations Security Council recently approved incursions into Somali waters to curb piracy, which the weak transitional government, currently engaged in countering a bloody insurgency, is powerless to prevent. Somalia has been in a state of anarchy since the ousting of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. - Sapa-dpa News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Malaysia deploys 3 navy vessels to Gulf o... Zimbabawe: President Mugabe to form cabinet if MDC d... Somalia: Pirates demand 'ransom' for French boat Ethiopia unveils famed Axum Obelisk Thursday Ethiopia: More deaths confirmed after city bar ... China: 10 killed, 36 injured in bus accident <... China: Coal mine blasts kill 23 in China ... U.S: Rice leaves for milestone Libyan tour Nigeria: US journalist charged with spying in Niger ... Nigeria: Wreckage of 6-months missing plane found-au... More News...