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Vessel runs aground, blocking Suez Canal

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Ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it was fully floated in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. [AP photo]

An oil tanker recently ran aground in Egypt's Suez Canal, briefly blocking traffic in the global waterway before it was freed, the canal's authority said.

The Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel had become wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal, the Suez Canal Authority's head Osama Rabie said in a statement issued by the body.

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