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Egypt: Hijacked Ship Released

Posted 7 March 2009 17:08 GMT

With no clear details, its been announced that the Blue Star ship, that was hijacked by Somali pirates since September 2008, has been released. Zeinobia comments on the development.

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Written byEman AbdElRahman

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    […] Eman AbdElRahman created an interesting post today on Egypt: Hijacked Ship ReleasedHere’s a short outlineEgypt: Hijacked Ship Released With no clear details, its been announced that the Blue Star ship, that was hijacked by Somali pirates since September 2008, has been released. Zeinobia comments on the development…. Read the full post from Global Voices Online Tags: English, Governance, International Relations, Egypt, Somalia, Roundups, Middle East & North Africa via Blogdigger blog search for Pirate Ships. […]

    19 March 2009, 15:00 pm

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