Somali pirates Thursday morning released 25 crew members of Algerian bulk carrier MV Blida, hijacked on the high seas in January, Algerian Foreign Affairs ministry\'s spokesperson Amar Belani said in a written statement, reported the Algerian official news agency APS. The MV Blida, an Algerian-flagged bulk carrier with a crew of 27, including 17 from Algeria, was captured in January 2011 by Somali pirates around 150 miles southeast of Salalah in southern Oman.