Stopping the pirates
You can't help but get the feeling the world wasn't meant to know about that ship, and these pirates have cracked open more than one can of worms.As David said, Canada's tour of duty escorting ships carrying food to Somalia ends later this month.
European officials have indicated they may also send three frigates to patrol the waters of the nearby Gulf of Aden.
According to Roger Middleton, it's about time the world woke up to a problem that's cost 30-million dollars in ransom so far this year.
He's the author of a new study of on Somali piracy done for Chatham House, home of Britain's Royal Institute of International Affairs.
He's in London.
Roger Middleton's interview...