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Turkmenistan: India Looks to the Caspian

Friday, October 26th, 2007 @ 07:40 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Turkmenistan
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Peter reports that Turkmenistan’s gas and oil reserves may soon attract the attention of yet another world players.

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