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Pirate fighters back home

2009-01-24 06:37:27 GMT2009-01-24 14:37:27 (Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

Cargo ship Zhenhua 4 docks at a Shanghai port Thursday, January 22, 2009. The 30 sailors on board fought off pirates in the Gulf of Aden last December. [Xinhua]

Sailors of Cargo ship Zhenhua 4 arrive at a Shanghai port Thursday, January 22, 2009. The 30 sailors on board fought off pirates in the Gulf of Aden last December. [Xinhua]

Peng Weiyuan, 57-year-old captain of Cargo ship Zhenhua 4, along with his sailors, salute at a Shanghai port Thursday, January 22, 2009. The 30 sailors on board fought off pirates in the Gulf of Aden last December. [Xinhua]

Sailors of Cargo ship Zhenhua 4 arrive at a Shanghai port Thursday, January 22, 2009. They are awarded US$300,000 for their brave, and successful, fight against pirates in the Gulf of Aden last December. [Xinhua]

A sailor of Cargo ship Zhenhua 4 displays the homemade Molotov cocktails that were employed to fend off pirates in the Gulf of Aden last December, Thursday January 22, 2009. [Xinhua]

Cargo ship Zhenhua 4 docks at a Shanghai port Thursday, January 22, 2009. The 30 sailors on board fought off pirates in the Gulf of Aden last December.

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