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Page last updated at 15:21 GMT, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 16:21 UK

China vows to free hijacked ship

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China has pledged to make an "all out" effort to rescue a cargo ship with 25 crew on board that has been hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean.

The De Xin Hai was seized early on Monday about 1,100km (700 miles) east of the Somali coast.

This report from the BBC's East Africa correspondent Peter Greste.

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