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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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VILNIUS | Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:34am EDT

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Five Lithuanian seamen kidnapped from a cargo ship off Nigeria's coast last week have been freed, Lithuania's foreign ministry said on Friday.

The ship owned by the Lithuanian Limarko Shipping Company was attacked by gunmen at the Escravos anchorage last Monday while waiting to be unloaded.

"The foreign minister has received a call from Limarko company saying that all five hostages were free and unharmed," ministry spokesman Rolandas Kacinskas told Reuters.

The crew was being questioned by the Nigerian police and should be back in Lithuania within days after medical examinations, he added.

It was not clear how the hostages were freed, but the foreign minister had earlier said that Lithuania would not pay ransom. The spokesman declined to comment on the details.

(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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