Ship Held by Pirates for 3 Months Reaches Port
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A ship carrying United Nations aid to tsunami victims in Somalia has finally reached port after being freed by pirates who held it for nearly 100 days at sea.
The Semlow, which had been captured by gunmen in speedboats on June 27 off lawless Somalia, was towed Monday night into El Maan with the 10-member crew exhausted but safe, its owner and the U.N. said.
The pirates left the Semlow on Sunday without taking its cargo of 850 tons of rice, donated by Japan and Germany.
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