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[Published: Thursday June 03 2010]

 Crew retake ship from  pirates

Mogadishu, 03 June-(ANA)-The crew of a Libyan-owned merchant ship seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden have reportedly recaptured the vessel.

Some pirates are believed to have been killed during the incident, said the European anti-piracy naval force operating off the coast of Somalia.

One of the crew on the merchant vessel MV Rim was seriously injured, said the EU force, Navfor.

Meanwhile, another vessel has been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.

Pirates seized the 15,000-tonne Panama-flagged ship, MV QSM Dubai, in the Gulf of Aden in the early hours of Wednesday.

The vessel has a crew of 24 made up of Ghanaian, Egyptian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals.

An American warship reported seeing at least one pirate on board the hijacked vessel armed with a rocket-propelled grenade.(ANA)

FA/ANA/03 June 2010---------


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