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...total in the world after Indonesia. "We don't stand a chance" against the pirates, an Indonesian naval officer conceded at the time. In 2005, the London insurance market added the strait to its list of areas at risk of war. (See pictures of a pirate-hostage rescue in Africa...
...today, it's the pirates who are on the run. While piracy in Africa has become a major international security concern, the problem in the strait has been almost completely eradicated. Only two attacks were attempted there in 2008, even as the global total reached a record high. In the first quarter of 2009, the bureau reported that the number of pirate attacks around the world nearly doubled, to 102 incidents, compared with the same period last year; only one of them occurred in the Strait of Malacca. (Read a brief history of pirates...
...case of Malacca gives at least a glimmer of hope that the piracy problem in Africa can also be tackled. The success in the strait clearly shows how committed and carefully orchestrated naval action can combat pirates. But analysts warn that the lessons of Malacca also tell us how much more difficult fighting the Somali pirates will be, because of the very different conditions on shore in Africa. The countries along the strait possess the resources and organized governments necessary to stand up to piracy. Those crucial elements are lacking in destitute and disorderly Somalia, where most of the pirates...
...pictures of violence in South Africa...
...first vessels in what would become the Chinese Communist government's Navy. To commemorate the occasion, China's military is hosting four days of pomp and ceremony, to recall its meager beginnings, and to celebrate how far it has come. (See pictures of China's economic expansion into Africa...