Italy asks Somali PM's help in freeing ship

Rome - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Wednesday asked his Somali counterpart Abdiweli Mohamed Ali for help in freeing an Italian ship hijacked by pirates in December with 18 crew members on board.Monti asked Ali at a meeting in Rome "to do everything in his power" to liberate the Enrico Ievoli cargo ship, which has six Italians, five Ukrainians and seven Indians on board, the government said in a statement.Ali assured Monti "of his personal engagement in aiding the liberation of the

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