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Gorkhas to ward off pirates

WASHINGTON, FEB. 22. Gorkha warriors would soon take on a new assignment to protect ships from pirates in the Asia-Pacific region.

More than 300 of the tough Nepalese warriors, who were demobilised from the British Army when Hong Kong was returned to China, may now be put in groups of four to eight soldiers as guards to ward off pirates, a report in Washington Times quoting Sunday Telegraph, said yesterday.

- PTI

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