UN buys huge ship to avert catastrophic oil spill off Yemen
The UN has purchased a huge ship that it hopes will prevent an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Yemen./ For years, more than a million barrels of crude oil have been sitting on a decaying supertanker in the Red Sea./ There are fears the vessel could soon break apart or explode, risking one of the worst oil spills in recent memory./ But on Thursday, the UN said it had purchased a crude carrier that would head to Yemen and remove the oil from the stricken ship./ "The purchase of this suitable vessel... marks the beginning of the ...
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