Missing cargo ship spotted

Published: 6:02AM Saturday August 15, 2009 Source: Reuters

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The Russian merchant ship Arctic Sea, which has been missing for more than a week, is in international waters in the Atlantic about 400 miles north of the Cape Verde islands, Portugal's Lusa news agency reported on Saturday.

Quoting the director-general of defence of Cape Verde, Pedro Reis, Lusa said the ship was north of the islands.

"The ship is located at a distance of 400 nautical miles north of Sao Vicente, outside Cape Verde's exclusive economic zone," Reis was quoted as saying.

Lusa gave no further details.

There has been speculation that the ship, which disappeared after passing through the English Channel, was hijacked.

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