Updated: April 17, 2009 (Originally published April 15, 2009)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday unveiled a diplomatic initiative to thwart attacks on ships off Somalia’s coast and combat what she called the “scourge of piracy.”
Read more on this developing story at CNN.com
Update: Somali ‘pirate’ to be tried in US (LINK)
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