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West Siberian city residents left without heating during frosts

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West Siberian city residents left without heating during frosts

23:44 27/12/2009

Several thousand private houses and a few five-story buildings were left on Sunday without heating in the city of Novosibirsk in Russia's west Siberia due to a damaged gas pipeline.

2009 Review: August
16:00 27/12/2009
RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below the month-by-month review of 2009 continues, with August
Russia's Putin to attend Pacific oil pipeline launch
15:50 27/12/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the ceremony of launching the East-Siberia - Pacific Ocean oil pipeline during his visit to the region on December 28-29, the government press office said on Sunday.
Moscow's Eternal Flame temporarily moved due to repairs
12:54 27/12/2009
The Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow's Alexander Garden to honor the dead of the Great Patriotic War was temporarily relocated on Sunday due to repairs.
Thieves steal $60,000 from cash machine in Russia's Far East
11:04 27/12/2009
Two unidentified persons stole 1.8 million rubles ($60,000) from an automatic teller machine at a customs academy in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, local police said on Sunday.
False bomb threat causes panic at shopping mall near Moscow
07:01 27/12/2009
A false bomb threat has caused traffic jams and panic among holiday shoppers at a large shopping mall in the outskirts of Moscow
Moscow police officer knifed to death
05:20 27/12/2009
An unidentified attacker murdered a police officer using a knife early on Sunday in southwestern Moscow
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