South Korea Delivers Setback To Somali Pirates, And A Warning To North Korea -- Christian Science Monitor
Delivering what analysts saw as a thinly veiled warning to North Korea, South Korea President Lee Myung-bak praised his commandos' stunning rescue today of a freighter seized by Somali pirates.
South Korea sought to portray its stunning rescue Friday of a cargo ship captured by Somali pirates as proof that it's ready and willing to take on aggressors from the Arabian Sea to North Korea.
An exultant President Lee Myung-bak appeared across national television networks Friday praising the Navy commandos who rescued all 21 crew members of the South Korean-owned freighter while killing eight pirates and detaining three.
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Protesters demand Jordan's government step down.
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ASIA
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