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Page last updated at 11:45 GMT, Wednesday, 19 November 2008

INS Tabar (file photo)
India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'
An Indian navy warship has destroyed a Somali pirate "mother ship" that fired on it in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.
How sea piracy is hurting India
Technology sets sights on piracy
Q&A: Somali piracy

Someone queuing for aid in DR Congo Plea to halt DR Congo atrocities
Community groups in DR Congo make an impassioned plea for European troops to be sent to halt atrocities there.

File photo of Mend militants in the Niger Delta, September 2008 Nigerian army gunrunners get life
A military court in Nigeria sentences six soldiers to life in prison for selling thousands of guns to suspected oil militants.

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