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Somali pirates hijack chemical ship

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship carrying chemicals from Kuwait to South Africa, a maritime official said on Wednesday.

Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme told Reuters the vessel was the Filitsa and that it was carrying three Greek officers and an unknown number of Filipino crew members.

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