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Poverty at the root of piracy

By Peng Kuang | China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-29 07:43

Poverty at the root of piracy

Special corps aboard the flagship destroyer Wuhan practice morning exercises. Li Tang

Before the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, Somalia was possibly best known around the world for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Hawk Down, which is the tale of United States troops pinned down under heavy fire after their helicopter is shot down over the war-torn capital of Mogadishu.

Poverty at the root of piracy

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