BRUSSELS, March 26, SPA -- NATO says it will resume anti-piracypatrols off the coastline of Somalia this month, AP reported. An alliance statement says a five-ship flotilla will carryout operations there as it sails for a tour of SoutheastAsia, where it will make a number of port calls. The squadron will return in June, when at least some ofits warships are expected to remain in the pirate-infestedwaters of the Gulf of Aden. NATO's initial anti-piracy mission operated in the regionfor about two months at the end of last year before it wasreplaced by a European Union flotilla.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/648136
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