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Armed police officers guard some of the seven suspected Somali pirates as they walk to the Mombasa Law Courts, Kenya, after disembarking from a police vehicle to answer charges of piracy on Tuesday, Nov, 10, 2009. The seven  who were arrested by marine officers on board a German naval ship MV Frigate Karlsruhe, had attempted to hijack a fishing trawler Captain St. Vincent. The suspected pirates denied the charges of piracy before the Mombasa chief magistrate and were remanded at the Shimo la Tewa GK Prison. The suspected pirates were arrested on Oct, 27, 2009 in the high seas of the Gulf of Aden  armed with  weapons. The hearing of the case will be on Jan.7, 2010.(AP Photo)

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