Chalk up another major capture for the Somali pirates: click here for story

This time they've captured a huge Chinese bulkcarrier:

"The De Xin Hai was carrying about 76,000 tonnes of coal from South Africa to India when it was seized by gunmen yesterday about 700 nautical miles east of the Horn of Africa."

The Chinese are threatening to mount a rescue operation. The pirates are threatening to kill all the crew.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble