Somali pirates have seized a Panamanian cargo ship off southeast coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden. In a statement, Yemen's Interior Ministry said the Panamanian-flagged ship, Red Sda Sbirt, left Aden port late Thursday and was intercepted by the pirates after sailing about 36 nautical miles off the Yemeni port of Balhaf. It said the multinational coalition task force had sent one of its military boats to the specific area where the hijacking took place in an attempt to save the ship. The statement did not say the exact time of the attack nor the number of the crew aboard the hijacked ship.<br/>