| July 2007 |
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Russia's Industry and Energy Ministry signaled its approval Thursday for Gazprom's choice of French oil major Total SA as a partner to develop the vast Shtokman natural gas field in the Arctic. 
Russia's foreign minister said Thursday the latest draft UN resolution on Kosovo was simply a disguised re-wording of the Ahtisaari plan to grant independence to the Serbian province, which Russia rejected. 
Russian authorities Thursday approved a raise in the 2007 cost estimate for Kharyaga oil field being developed by French oil major Total SA by 12% to $164 million, the Industry and Energy Ministry said. 
A Romanian court has rejected a lawsuit against God filed by a local prisoner serving a 20-year term for murder, a local newspaper said. 
A Pristina delegation has accepted U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's invitation to visit Washington July 23 to consider holding parliamentary elections in the Serbian province of Kosovo, a senior State Department official said Thursday. 
French oil major Total SA said Thursday it may be close to a deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] to participate in the first phase of the Shtokman natural gas project in the Barents Sea. 
The Pakistani Army began withdrawing from Islamabad after completing a 36-hour operation to retake the Red Mosque, seized and held by Islamic radicals for a week, local television said citing military sources. 
Foreign officials could in the future be brought to account for corruption-related crimes they commit in Russia, the chairman of the anticorruption commission of Russia's lower house of parliament told RIA Novosti in an interview Thursday. 
The Rossiya TV channel confirmed reports Thursday that two of its correspondents had been detained in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area. 
The Rossiya TV channel confirmed reports Thursday that two of its correspondents had been detained in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area. 
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] has chosen French oil major Total SA as a partner in the first stage of developing the vast Shtokman natural gas field in the Barents Sea, the chief executive said. 



