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Antipiracy efforts off the coast of Somalia are starting to really get under way. They tried to attack what they thought was a merchant ship, but had a nasty surprise when it turned out to be a french warship armed with soldiers. The three pirate boat convoy started speeding towards the vessel only to have outboards and a helicopter released from the warship. The 11 pirates immediately surrendered. On their 30 foot supply ship, the only things that were found were potatoes and gasoline.

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President Obama is back trying to negotiate peace talks with Middle Eastern powers. This time, he is trying to persuade Iranian and Syrian officials to listen and help get concessions for Palestine, rather than just go for a militaristic effort. Both presidents of the Middle Eastern countries have declared that they will continue until Palestine has regained the Holy Land once more. Robert Gates, who is touring the Middle East, says that all talks will be transparent to our allies so that no one will be surprised when something happens. He has been meeting with leaders from other countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. THe U.S. has sent special envoys to Syria to speak with leaders and arrange negotiations for a Presidential meeting between several countries.

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The United States has moved forward to work things out diplomatically with the Chinese rather than just explode and criticize their actions. Two U.S. vessels were doing routine submarine searches in international waters in the Yellow Sea, which is completely legal, when they were disrupted by two Chinese fishing vessels that got dangerously close. They had a standoff confrontation for about an hour, while the U.S. ship was shooting its water cannon. This is the fourth time an incident like this has occurred in the past couple of months. Instead of exploding, the United States govenrment has decided to try different diplomatic strategies. The ships signaled in to WAGOR 17 who came and told the Chinese fishing vessels to leave.