Several of the 19 captured Somali pirates, are guarded by Puntland soldiers in Bassaso Puntland, Somalia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. The pirates were handed over to the Puntland authorities by the French Navy which came to the rescue of two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden. The French naval vessel was on patrol off the Somali coast as part of a European Union anti-piracy force when it came to the rescue of a Croatian cargo vessel and a Panamanian ship crossing the Gulf of Aden. (AP Photo)