PHNOM PENH, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Cambodia's prime minister defended his government's energy policy on Wednesday and hit back at environmentalists opposed to hydropower plants by suggesting their electricity be cut off and they should use resin torches instead.<
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Belek, TURKMENISTAN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan on Wednesday completed a pipeline that can ship gas from the world's second largest gas field to the West or, alternatively, boost eastbound shipments to China and, in future, to Pakistan and India.
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