Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: silvio lu' turco

TURKEY: BERLUSCONI AND PUTIN JOIN ERDOGAN FOR PIPELINE INAUGURATION
Istanbul, 17 Nov. (AKI) - The small Black Sea coastal village of Durusu is  
playing host on Thursday to Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his  
Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Vladimir Putin  
who are in town to inaugurate a 3.2 billion dollar natural gas pipeline.  
The Blue Stream pipeline stretches under the Black Sea to link Turkey with  
Russia's gas fields. While the three leaders will preside at a ceremony  
officially inaugurating the project, natural gas first began flowing  
through the pipeline two years ago.
The project has provoked controversy in Turkey with critics saying that it  
has made the country dependent on a single source (Russia) for its crucial  
natural gas supplies. Ankara has been reluctant to pursue an alternative  
policy of also importing natural gas from Iran, because it is seen as  
being politically sensitive, given Tehran's frayed relations with the West.
Through Blue Stream, Turkey imported from Russia 1.2 billion cubic metres  
of natural gas in 2003, 3.2 billion cubicmetres in 2004. By June this year  
some 2.1 billion cubicmeters had already been imported through the  
pipeline which has a capacity to transport 16 billion cubicmeters of  
natural gas annually. Russia now supplies 60 percent of Turkey's gas and  
20 percent of its oil and Moscow is Ankara's second largest trading  
partner.
Still the pipeline project and the accompanying gas deals have been  
plagued with charges of mismanagement and corruption with several  
purchases having to be renegotiated. In May, parliament voted down an  
opposition motion to censure Energy Minister Hilmi Guler, for allegedly  
causing billions of dollars of losses by agreeing to pay inflated prices  
for Russian gas.
But the locals living in Durusu and its surrounding Samsun province appear  
to be far away from this national debate as they have been busy preparing  
for the ceremony and their important overseas guests. Work has included  
the constructions of roads as well as landing strips for helicopters.
However, some of the villagers say they wish to see more direct benefits  
stemming from the pipeline. “We see the big pipeline on our door step but  
we still gather wood to burn and heat our homes for our children. We also  
want to use natural gas to replace the wood and coal we are now using”,  
one local woman told Turkish NTV television.
(Vahit Bora/Aki)
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Business&loid=8.0.229870849&par=
-- 
Ralph Barker
«Il voto a Bolzano ha portato la città ad assumere una funzione  
emblematica,
è il simbolo della riscossa partita da Catania e che ci riporterà, noi
dell'Italia moderata, a tornare in testa alle prossime elezioni».
  berlusconi silvio 30.05.2005
Bolzano elezione diretta del sindaco:
candidato cdl benussi giovanni 45,20 % voti 26.016
candidato unione Spagnolli Luigi 50,36% voti 28.987
sindaco di Bolzano Spagnolli Luigi candidato Unione
Bolzano 07.11.2005

 TURKEY: BERLUSCONI AND PUTIN JOIN ERDOGAN FOR PIPELINE INAUGURATION
Cacchio, la Turchia le ha buscate dalla Svizzera e nun va ar Mondiale....mò 
sò cazzi!