Last updated: 28 april, 2009 - 16:16 GMT

Somalia's piracy battle

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Since the beginning of this year Somali pirates have captured no fewer than 25 vessels but now local Somali leaders are beginning to fight back.

Local leaders have begun mobilising against the pirates with some success, as Martin Plaut, the BBC's Africa editor, reports.

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