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Steve Matthews, London
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Aug 27, 2010 11:12 AM
FRENCH naval vessel FS De Grasse, part of the EU Navfor force, intercepted a suspected pirate skiff in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of Aden.
The skiff had been located by a Japanese maritime patrol aircraft.
This was the third time in as many days the French vessel had disrupted suspected pirate skiffs.
After launching a helicopter and boarding party on August 19...
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