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Hijacked Russian oil tanker freed off Yemeni coast

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-06 13:23

MOSCOW - A hijacked Russian oil tanker was freed by a Russian warship off the coast of Yemen and Somali pirates onboard the ship were seized, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.

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