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Chemical-carrying ship hijacked by Somali pirates

Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:33am EST

NAIROBI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship carrying chemicals from Kuwait to South Africa, a maritime official said on Wednesday.

Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme told Reuters the vessel was the Filitsa and that it was carrying three Greek officers and an unknown number of Filipino crew members.



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