Articles written by Katharine Houreld

KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya

Danish military forces disrupted the takeover by pirates of a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden today, marking the first time this has happened since a multinational armada deployed a year ago, a naval spokesman said. Ten members of the Danish special forces clambered aboard the Antigua and Barbudaflagged Ariella from a dinghy but by that time the pirates may have already been scared off when a helicopter from a Danish warship Absalon buzzed the cargo ship. The ship's 25 crew members — a Bulgarian, a Slovak, an Indian, 15 F...