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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Somalia seeks new coast guard to fight piracy

War-torn Somalia's government appealed Monday for international help to set up a coast guard, saying it would guarantee that sea piracy near its shores is wiped out once it has such an agency.

However, representatives of the east African nation's government — attending an international conference on piracy — ruled out allowing foreign forces on Somali soil to destroy pirate bases.

Somali officials said that although a multinational naval task force is patrolling the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, it cannot effectively control the pirates who hijack merchant vessels and tow them to coastal bases.

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