Guards on Hong Kong-flagged ship repel pirates off Somalia coast: EU force
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Security guards aboard a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship repelled an attack by pirates in a gunbattle off Somalia’s coast this week, the European naval force in the region said on Friday.