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Chinese warships ready for pirates

Published January 7, 2009, 3:51 pm, China Economic Net

After successfully carrying out its first escort mission in pirate-plagued waters, a Chinese Navy task force is preparing to cover another 11 domestic merchant vessels that will travel around Somalia this week.

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