1.   Pumping operations would resume this morning.

2.   Oil leaking from the Cypriot-registered Haven tanker, which exploded during a routine pumping operation off Genoa, caused pollution along the Mediterranean coast eastwards towards Nice.

3.   Hungary is particularly concerned over pumping operations at Hrusov, which it sees as both illegal under international law and ecologically harmful.

4.   Before pumping operations began last year, the beaches were virtually nonexistent.

5.   Pumping operations were expected to resume today, said Eduardo Naranjo, a Petroecuador spokesman.

6.   It said the pumping operation was completed Monday night.

7.   Shell said the waste water it injected into Midyat from its oil pumping operation did not pose any health hazards.

8.   Coast guards said Saturday the pumping operation was expected to take two or three days.

9.   Two Russian oil-cleanup ships were also expected to join the pumping operations off the peninsula Saturday.