Somali pirates release Greek-owned ship for ransom
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Liberian-flagged Greek-owned ship and its crew of 21 Filipinos who were held hostage by pirates for eight months have been released following the payment of a $2.3 million ransom, a Somali pirate said Friday. Bile Hussein, a pirate based in Garacad in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia, said the brigands…
