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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000968.html
April 01, 2007
Russia Launches Energy Project In Syria
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Russia has launched crude oil and natural gas production projects in Syria.
Syrian officials said Russian energy majors have advanced energy projects throughout Syria as part of expanding bilateral cooperation. Syrian Oil Minister Sufian Alou said Russia's Stroitransgaz, with a major presence since 2005, has become a leading contractor in Syria.
Alou said Stroitransgaz was constructing a 320-kilometer natural gas pipeline from Jordan to Syria in a $160 million project. He said the project, meant to transport Egyptian gas, began in April 2006 and would be completed by February 2008.
Russia has also been building a gas treatment factory in southern Syria. Alou said the $190 million project would produce six million cubic meters of gas per day.
Posted on 01 April 2007 @ 14:12 GMT
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015889.php
April 01, 2007
Protest in Iran targets British Embassy
By Nasser Karimi for Associated Press:
TEHRAN, Iran - About 200 students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
Class trip: a 1979 re-enactment!
Several dozen policemen prevented the protesters from entering the embassy compound, although a few briefly scaled a fence outside the compound's walls before being pushed back, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
The protesters chanted "Death to Britain" and "Death to America" as they hurled stones into the courtyard of the embassy. They also demanded that the Iranian government expel the British ambassador and close down the embassy, calling it a "den of spies."
Britain's Foreign Office said there had been no damage to the compound.
A British Foreign Office spokeswoman in London, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government rules, said diplomats were working normally inside the embassy.
"There is a police presence outside and there is no risk to those inside," said the spokeswoman.
Posted by Marisol at April 1, 2007 12:09 PM