International Business News - MYS http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Crewmen fired high pressure water jets Friday to fight off heavily armed Somali pirates trying to board a Greek oil tanker in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, officials said. It was the fourth pirate attack of the new year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090102/pirate-attack-averted-on-greek-tanker-off-somalia.htm Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:30:06 EST Revelers around the world greeted 2009 with fireworks, bell ringing and a tinge of optimism Thursday--amid hopes they'd seen the last of 2008's disappearing jobs and slumping stocks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/207570-aptopix-malaysia-new-year.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081231/world-bids-adieu-to-a-rocky-2008-worries-over-09.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081231/world-bids-adieu-to-a-rocky-2008-worries-over-09.htm Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:16:04 EST Somali pirates seized an Egyptian cargo ship and its 28 crewmembers on Thursday while a Malaysian military helicopter saved an Indian tanker from being hijacked in the new year's first attacks by pirates in the dangerous Gulf of Aden. Fifteen armed pirates snatched the Egyptian vessel, called Blue Star, after the ship exited the Red Sea and entered the gulf, carrying a cargo of 6,000 tons of fertilizer, according to Egyptian Deputy Foreign minister, Ahmed Rizq. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/207702-piracy-kerry.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/malaysian-chopper-saves-indian-tanker-from-pirates.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/malaysian-chopper-saves-indian-tanker-from-pirates.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:23:01 EST