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Hijacked ship released

fairplay.co.uk
09-Jul-2008
        
Story Timeline:  95 days

SOMALI pirates released the Lehmann Timber last night at 2200 local time after holding both the ship and crew for 41 days off the coast of the Horn of Africa. The vessel is now en route to a port in Arabia and is being escorted by a British Navy ship, according to Olaf Wulf, who is the MD of owner KW Shipping.... [read full story]                    

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Pirates pocket $750 000 ransom

news24.com
10-Jul-2008
        

Tallinn - Somali pirates took a $750 000 ransom for the release of 15 crew and their German-owned ship after a 41-day hostage ordeal, Estonian state TV quoted the ship's captain as saying on Wednesday. "Tuesday morning, when...

                   

Somali pirates got ransom for freeing German ship: captain

freerepublic.com
10-Jul-2008
        

Somali pirates took a 750,000 dollar ransom for the release of 15 crew and their German-owned ship after a 41-day hostage ordeal... "Tuesday morning, when pirates finally got the money they wanted, they counted it from seven in...

                   

Somali pirates free German ship

news24.com
09-Jul-2008
        

Bosasso - Somali pirates have freed a German ship hijacked more than a month ago off the Horn of Africa after its owners paid a $750 000 ransom, local officials and one of the pirates said on Wednesday. The MV Lehman Timber was...

                   

German company: Pirates free hijacked cargo ship

canoe.ca
09-Jul-2008
        

BERLIN - A German shipping company says pirates off the coast of Somalia have released one of its cargo ships after holding the vessel and crew for 41 days. All aboard are unharmed. The Lehmann GmbH shipping company says the MV...

                   
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Somali pirates profit from ransom

bbc.co.uk
09-Jul-2008
        

The seas off Somalia have some of the highest rates of piracy in the world Pirates in northern Somalia have freed a Ukrainian ship and its 14-member crew for a ransom of $800,000 (£400,000), officials in the region say. As the...

                   

Somali pirates free German cargo ship

xinhuanet.com
09-Jul-2008
        

NAIROBI, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Pirates have freed a German cargo ship they hijacked off the coast of Somalia after holding the vessel and crew for 41 days, a regional maritime official confirmed here Wednesday. Andrew Mwangura,...

                   

German freighter freed in Somalia

mg.co.za
09-Jul-2008
        

The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. A German cargo freighter hijacked off the Somali coast in May has been released and its crew freed unharmed, its...

                   
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Somali Pirates Release German Ship after Ransom Paid

dw-world.de
09-Jul-2008
        

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Foreign ships are targeted Somali pirates have released a German-owned ship and its 15-man crew after a receiving a hefty ransom payment. "The information we have is that the MV...

                   

Somali pirates release German vessel and crew

dw-world.de
09-Jul-2008
        

A German shipping company says Somali pirates have released one of its vessels and crew following a hijacking in May. A spokesperson for the Lehmann shipping company said the 15 crew were in good health. The Deutsche Presse...

                   

Somali pirates release German ship after ransom paid

keralanext.com
09-Jul-2008
        

Nairobi/Mogadishu - Somali pirates have released a German- owned ship and its crew after a receiving a hefty ransom payment, an official said Wednesday. ‘The information we have is that the MV Lehmann Timber was released on...

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