Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship carrying 17 seafarers from Romania and Libya. Ecoterra, which monitors shipping off Somalia, said the 4,800-tonne MV Rim was seized on Tuesday in the strategic channel south of the Yemen coast. It said the ship was flying a North Korean flag, but is owned by White Sea Shipping of Tripoli. A European Union counter-piracy force has confirmed the hijacking but had no information on the make-up of the crew.<br/>