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Russia, China veto UN resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown
Syrian forces hammered restive neighbourhoods in the city of Homs for hours with mortars and artillery before dawn Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing more than 200 people in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.
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Russia gas supply to S.E.Europe back to normal
Russia's supplies of natural gas to Bulgaria and neighbouring Greece, Turkey and Macedonia are back to normal, Bulgaria's economy and energy ministry said on Saturday.
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As Europe Shivers, Russia and Ukraine Point Fingers Over Natural Gas Supply to the West
The flow of natural gas has fallen off sharply in the main pipelines supplying Europe from Russia, but this time cold weather — not politics — is to blame.
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Kazakhstan/Germany: Make Rights Key to Good Relations
German Chancellor Angela Merkel should raise urgent human rights concerns with the Kazakhstan government during talks with President Nursultan Nazarbaev on February 8, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. Nazarbaev is scheduled to meet the chancellor in Berlin to discuss bilateral cooperation and energy issues, and to sign a strategic energy and raw materials partnership agreement.
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Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan may stop gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan
Kazakh and Uzbek state gas companies Kaztransgaz and Uztransgaz may stop gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan if the country does not pay off the debt for gas supplies till Feb. 10, KyrTAG quoted Eugenie Orlenko, deputy director of Kyrgyzgaz Company, as saying on Friday.
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Russian gas supply falls further, EU says no crisis
Squeezed supply of Russian gas to some EU countries fell further on Friday, the European Union's executive said, but added the situation had not reached emergency levels despite freezing temperatures gripping much of Europe.
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Turkey says Russian gas expected back to normal
Russian gas supplies to Turkey are expected to return to normal levels today after a drop of more than 30 percent due to problems in transit countries for cross-border pipeline, Turkish energy officials told Reuters on Friday.
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Russian gas supply to Slovakia drops 30 pct
Supply of Russian gas to Slovakia dropped by 30 percent on Thursday, the Slovak gas utility Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel (SPP) said, adding it can still secure full deliveries for all clients.
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