A pirate ringleader has been sentenced to death by a court in the breakaway Somali state of Puntland.

索马里一名海盗元凶在宣布独立的邦特兰州某法院被判处死刑。

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But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control: "There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia.

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"The state of Puntland encourages such steps and calls on other governments whose nationals are being held to do the same thing the French have done, " Puntland presidential adviser Bille Mohamoud Qabowsade told AFP.

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