The gas link, to be developed with local partner Plinacro d.o.o., will branch off from Russia’s planned South Stream pipeline.

Turkey's Prime Minister had appealed for calm and suggested the deaths may have been intended to sabotage peace effort.

The standoff began when gunmen stormed the gas plant demanding a halt to a French military operation in Mali.

Specs for the device have appeared on the Xperia_info Twitter page, suggesting it will feature a 1080p screen and 2GB of RAM.

The report says that the company is planning to launch its first phone running a Microsoft operating system since 2010's LG Optimus 7.

The thriller starring Michael Shannon as real-life hitman/family man Richard Kuklinski premiered at Venice last fall.

A Deputy Prosecutor General reported a 21,1% drop in the rate of crimes committed by servicemen in 2012.

The strides that eBay has made in the mobile market have impressed investors, helping to propel the company's stock price to a 68% gain last year.