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Explosion damages Ukraine pipeline

Updated: 2007-05-08 08:31

A gas industry official examines the ash-covered scene of an accident caused by an explosion on a pipeline near the Ukrainian village of Luka, 156 km (97 miles) south of the capital Kiev May 7, 2007. An explosion destroyed a 30-metre section of the trunk gas pipeline taking Russian gas across Ukraine to Europe on Monday, but Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom said flows of gas were unaffected. [Reuters]