U.S. And Russian Cooperating To Fight International Piracy

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Russia to U.S.: Let's Team up, to Fight Pirates
-- The Danger Room

The U.S. and Russia don't agree on much, these days. But nothing brings countries together like a common enemy. And they've found one, in East Africa's increasingly-sophisticated, increasingly-bold pirates.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his country "will work with the U.S. and European Union to fight piracy off the African coast and wants naval forces gathering in the area to coordinate their efforts," according to the AP.

Lavrov spoke as a Russian warship with commandos aboard headed to the waters off Somalia, where pirates are holding a Ukrainian ship with a cargo of battle tanks and a crew that includes two Russians.

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My Comment: Both sides are now looking for and finding common ground.