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Moscow. August 12. information agency "Interfaks" - Operation on pumping of oil from the emergency FSO Safer tanker moored in Governorate of Red Sea at the coast Yemen, is complete, reports on Saturday of newspaper "The Guardian". The newspaper notes that all is pumped out more than 1 million barrels of oil, it allowed to avoid large environmental disaster. The group of experts of several countries carried out works since July 25. Originally constructed as the oil tanker in 1976 of FSO Safer was converted in floating storage in 1987 and since 1988 is moored in nine kilometers from the peninsula of Races Issah in Yemen for reception...