OMV eyes Turkey for new power plants
						 
					OMV, central Europe’s biggest oil company, says Turkey is the most likely location for additional power plants. 
 
						Japan's textual demands vex civilian nuclear deal with India
						 
					When Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada was in Delhi a few days back for the fourth round of strategic dialogue between Japan and India, he made it clear that negotiations on a civilian nuclear cooperation pact are going to be rather difficult. 
 
						Russia breaks ground on new cosmodrome
						 
					Russia has launched an ambitious project to build a new spaceflight center in the country's Far East to replace the Baikonur cosmodrome it has been leasing from Kazakhstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union. 
 
						Putin opens Russian side of oil pipeline to China
						 
					Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday opened the Russian section of a long-awaited oil pipeline that will carry Russian crude to China in a bid to diversify its oil exports away from Europe. 
 
						At least 14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russian shootouts
						 
					Killings happened during police raids in the country’s volatile North Caucasus region 
 
						Azerbaijan is main importer of Kazakh grain
						 
					Azerbaijan and Russia will become the main importers of Kazakh grain, said chief of commercial department of Kazakhstan's Food Corporation Kazbek Omarov. 
 
						China silent on North Korea's Kim visit
						 
					China kept silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong-il, that analysts say appears intended to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans. 
 
						Lithuania moving away from Gazprom
						 
Diversification of the gas market in Lithuania will eliminate the need for ties to the Russian energy sector by 2020, the Lithuanian energy minister said. 
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