Weaning Puntland off piracy will be tricky.

要想消除邦特兰的海盗问题，将是相当棘手。

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Exploration rights in Puntland have been sold several times over.

邦特兰的开采权已经出售了好几次了。

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One based in the town in Puntland, the northeast autonomous region of Somalia, the town of Eyl.

一个据点设在索马里东北部自治区邦特兰的埃勒镇。

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Many Somali pirates are based in the lawless ports of the Puntland area.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

He says a crackdown in the semi-autonomous Puntland region has meant the prisons are full of pirates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

In recent years, there have been several attempted and successful kidnappings of western journalists in southern Somalia and in the northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

His country has been independent from Somalia since 1991 but, like Puntland, is unrecognised.

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Puntland is governed by a 66-member House of Representatives and a traditional council of elders.

BBC: Puntland profile

Forces loyal to Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, who claims the presidency of Puntland , captured Bossasso, the commercial capital.

ECONOMIST: Middle East turmoil