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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.N.-chartered MV Semlow, hijacked two months ago by Somali pirates, has returned to the the port of Elmaan north of Mogadishu.
MISNA news agency reported that the entire crew was on board and the ship's cargo remained untouched.
The World Food Program chartered the ship to transport 850 tons of rice donated by Japan and Germany to people along the Somali coast hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami. The cargo was transferred to the appropriate Somali officials.
On July 27 Somali pirates boarded the MV Semlow, embarrassing the Somali transition government. They had initially demanded a $500,000 ransom and an unspecified quantity of rice for their clans of origin. The pirates eventually promised to evacuate the ship after the cargo was handed over to the Transitional Federal Government under condition that their allies would supervise the distribution of the food.
The pirates also freed the crew -- a Sri Lankan captain, a Tanzanian engineer and 8 Kenyan sailors.
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