Bush to Push International Action Against Pirates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of its final foreign policy initiatives, the Bush administration plans to push for a broader international accord on how to suppress piracy in waters off Somalia's lawless coast, officials say.

Stephen Morrison, an Africa expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in an interview Wednesday that he doubts anti-piracy policy will be a high priority for Obama early in his term. Nor does he foresee a heavy Obama focus, in the early going, on the broader problem of instability in Somalia.

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