Washington  - Crew members may have retaken control of a US- operated ship that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia, CNN reported Wednesday citing an unnamed Pentagon official.

The ship with 21 US crew members on board was taken by Somali pirates early Wednesday morning. At least one of the pirates had been taken into custody by the crew and another three of the hijackers had attempted to escape, according to CNN.

New York - Cyber spies from China, Russia and elsewhere have infiltrated the US electrical grid and other key infrastructures and have the ability to disrupt them during a crisis or war, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Quoting current and former national-security officials, the report said that the intruders haven't sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure yet, but had laid the groundwork to do so in the future.

Augusta, Georgia  - Camilo Villegas gets to the Masters in Augusta as the new star of Latin American golf, but the Colombian knows that good players are defined by their performances in Majors.

"I still have a long way to go to get where (the Argentine Angel) Cabrera is," Villegas told German Press Agency dpa. "He sleeps with a US Open trophy by his bed, and I do not know whether I can win a major some day."

Washington - The US Treasury Department on Wednesday launched a new programme to aid US car suppliers who have struggled to stay afloat as the wider industry stands on the brink of collapse.

The plan would focus on parts suppliers for General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC, both of which face possible bankruptcy within the next few months. The two US carmakers are in a race against time to shed massive debt and cut operating costs or risk losing government support.

Bern  - Switzerland will reopen negotiations with the US on their bilateral taxation agreement, the Swiss Federal Council confirmed Wednesday - but warned any new treaty may be subject to a referendum.

The first meet is set to take place on April 28 in Bern.

The move follows Switzerland's announcement last month that it would relax its notorious banking secrecy laws and adopt more international standards on taxation and transparency in response to an international crackdown against so-called tax havens.