ANKARA, July 16 (Reuters) - Ten Turkish sailors were taken
hostage by armed pirates off the coast of Nigeria early on
Tuesday, shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik said, adding that
another eight sailors were safely aboard the ship.
Kadioglu said its Turkish-flagged Paksoy-1 cargo ship was
attacked in the Gulf of Guinea as it sailed from Cameroon to the
Ivory Coast without freight. It gave no further details.