Incident: Shabaig recovered

A Pakistani fishing vessel, the Shabaig hijacked in December, has been recovered according to a EU naval spokesman. "Pirates hijacked MV Shahbaig 320 nautical miles east of Socotra, an island off the Horn of Africa in early December."

"On January 2 ... the Pakistan-flagged fishing vessel ... with a crew of 29, all from Pakistan, was released approximately 900 nautical miles north of the Seychelles," the EU Navfor force said in a statement on its website.

(Reuters, 1/5/10)