Somalian pirates free supertanker

Somalian pirates today announced they had released a Saudi supertanker seized last year with its $100m (€74m) cargo.

Somalian pirates free supertanker
Fri, 09 Jan, 2009 - 14:48

Somalian pirates today announced they had released a Saudi supertanker seized last year with its $100m (€74m) cargo.

The Sirius Star, hijacked in the Indian ocean in November, was carrying two British crewmen.

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