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Merchant fuel ship sinks off Tunisia, crew rescued

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YEREVAN, APRIL 16, ARMENPRESS. A merchant fuel ship heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta sank off the coast of Gabes in Tunisia on Friday, Reuters reported citing two security sources.

The ship sank due to bad weather.

All seven crew members were rescued by the navy.

The ship carried one thousand tons of fuel and sent a distress call seven miles away from Gabes.

Authorities are working to avoid an environmental disaster and reduce repercussions, the environment ministry said in a statement.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS