A cruise liner attacked by pirates off Somalia has docked in the Seychelles after a rocket-propelled grenade was removed from a passenger cabin. US explosives experts boarded the Seabourn Spirit and removed the grenade, which was embedded in a wall. Most of the 151 passengers – mainly from the US, Europe and Australia – are to fly home from the Seychelles after a stop in Mombasa, Kenya, was cancelled. The attack has led to calls for better protection for ships in Somali waters. Tourists who were forced to shelter inside the cruise liner as the vessel came under sustained attack on Saturday have described the bombardment. Full Story
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