A boat held by Somali pirates has been freed after a gun battle, fishermen and witnesses said yesterday, claiming several of the pirates were killed. There was no precise information on the boat or the fate of its crew, whether international forces were involved in the rescue, or whether the crew had wrested back control on their own.

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