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Mon 07 Jul 2009Five countries sign Europe gas deal
Four European Union countries and Turkey have signed an agreement to build a pipeline that will take gas from the Caspian and Middle East to Europe.
The 3,300km Nabucco pipeline will bring up to 31 billion cubic metres of gas a year the region and offers an alternative energy supply to Russia, which provides 30 per cent of Europe's gas needs.
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