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Somali pirates reported to free British-owned ship


    SOFIA (Reuters) - Somali pirates on Saturday freed a British-owned ship, with 16 Bulgarian crew on board, that had been captured more than a month ago, after its Italian operator paid a ransom, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said.

    "The demands of the hijackers were met and the ship has been freed," Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Milen Keremedchiev said. He did not give details about the size of the ransom.

    The 32,000-tonne bulker named as Malaspina Castle was hijacked on April 6.

    (Reporting by Tsvetelia Ilieva)