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The two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, Samidare, left, and Sazanami wait to leave the Kure base in Kure, central Japan, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Japan dispatched the two destroyers, which are carrying two SH-60K patrol helicopters and two speedboats, to Somali waters to join an international anti-piracy mission. (AP) |