sharon sanders
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World briefs: Europeans shiver as gas impasse continues
<dl class="byline">Compiled from news dispatches<dd> January 15, 2009</dd></dl> Heated complaints from European leaders failed yesterday to thaw the deep-rooted economic and political dispute between Russia and Ukraine that has blocked natural gas shipments to much of Europe in the dead of winter. With the crisis moving into its second week, Moscow and Kiev both held rigidly to allegations that the other country was to blame for upending Europe's winter heating plans. The European Union appeared to have little leverage other than pleading for a restoration of the gas that heats their homes and powers their factories. In an apparent indication that no resolution is on the horizon, President Dmitry Medvedev proposed European gas-consuming countries send their leaders to Moscow on Saturday for a summit. Moscow accuses Ukraine of holding Europe hostage, while Kiev said Russia was deliberately erecting technical obstacles to delivering gas to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines.
http://www.newsday.com/services/new...y/news/ny-world155999202jan15,0,6394785.story
Video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8lqbA6xBUU
<dl class="byline">Compiled from news dispatches<dd> January 15, 2009</dd></dl> Heated complaints from European leaders failed yesterday to thaw the deep-rooted economic and political dispute between Russia and Ukraine that has blocked natural gas shipments to much of Europe in the dead of winter. With the crisis moving into its second week, Moscow and Kiev both held rigidly to allegations that the other country was to blame for upending Europe's winter heating plans. The European Union appeared to have little leverage other than pleading for a restoration of the gas that heats their homes and powers their factories. In an apparent indication that no resolution is on the horizon, President Dmitry Medvedev proposed European gas-consuming countries send their leaders to Moscow on Saturday for a summit. Moscow accuses Ukraine of holding Europe hostage, while Kiev said Russia was deliberately erecting technical obstacles to delivering gas to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines.
http://www.newsday.com/services/new...y/news/ny-world155999202jan15,0,6394785.story
Video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8lqbA6xBUU