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  • Report: Italian Ship's Crew Detained in Tripoli

    03/20/2011 6:11:52 PM PDT · by topher · 25 replies · 1+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | 20-March-2011 | AP
    ROME -- Italian officials said Sunday they would do whatever it takes to free the crew of an Italian tugboat apparently seized by Libyan officials at Tripoli's port as U.S. and European airstrikes enforced a no-fly zone over Libya. The "Asso 22" tug of the Naples-based shipping company Augusta Offshore SrL has eight Italian, two Indian and one Ukrainian crew members aboard, state-run RAI television said. Armed men, including one believed to be the Tripoli port commander, detained the crew as Libyan workers aboard were disembarking Saturday and prevented the vessel from leaving port, the report said. Defense Minister Ignazio...