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Somali pirates free Greek-owned ship
11.05.2009 17:55
 

Somali pirates have freed a Greek- owned chemical tanker they seized in late March this year with 18 Filipinos and a Russian captain aboard, a regional maritime official confirmed on Monday, Xinhua reported. 

 
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