NAIROBI, Kenya, April 25, SPA -- A U.S. Navy spokesman says a German-owned ship has been hijacked in the pirate-infestedwaters between Somalia and Yemen. U.S. Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen sayspirates seized the cargo ship early Saturday in the Gulf ofAden about 150 nautical miles (280 kilometers) southeast ofthe coastal Yemeni city of Muqalla. The ship, the Motor Vessel Patriot, is Maltese flagged, Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/657896