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The US Navy destroyer Bainbridge is seen in Crete, Greece in this handout photo taken October 8, 2007. The Bainbridge arrived before dawn on April 9, 2009 off the Somali coast, where the captain of the Maersk Alabama, a U.S.-flagged freighter, has been taken hostage by pirates, the shipping line said. REUTERS

The US Navy destroyer Bainbridge is seen in Crete, Greece in this handout photo taken October 8, 2007. The Bainbridge arrived before dawn on April 9, 2009 off the Somali coast, where the captain of the Maersk Alabama, a U.S.-flagged freighter, has been taken hostage by pirates, the shipping line said. REUTERS 

By EMEKA-MAYAKA GEKARA
Posted  Thursday, April 9  2009 at  18:20

“We think the world must come together to end the scourge of piracy,” US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters in Washington.

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry said a thorough policy debate on Somali piracy was long overdue.

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