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Medvedev said* TNK-BP is planning to sell its stake in a huge Siberian gas field to state-run Rosneft for $700-900 million by the end of 2010, a Russian TNK-BP shareholder said
* Virgin Galactic, a U.S.-based space tourism company, has announced its commercial six-passenger space vehicle has completed its inaugural captive carry flight
* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved the dismissal of Deputy Regional Development Minister Sergei Kruglik for failing to cut construction costs, a government statement said
* Google has decided to close its Internet search service based in inland China over censorship concerns and will direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its search engine
* The Nord Stream pipeline operator building a gas pipe designed to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea has started disarming mines located along the future pipeline"s Swedish leg
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