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Norwegian energy company StatoilHydro has inaugurated a new oil spill laboratory in Murmansk, Russia, built in co-operation with the regional Murmansk Oblast government.

Text of report in English by Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS Murmansk, 22 February: Murmansk Governor Yuriy Yevdokimov and Finnmark Governor Gunnar Kjonnoy have agreed to continue radiation and nuclear safety cooperation in 2008.

Norwegian energy firm StatoilHydro has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Murmansk Oblast, Russia, for cooperation in oil and gas development in the region.

APATITY. Aug 20 (Interfax) - Activist Larisa Arap from the Murmansk branch of Garry Kasparov's United Civil Front (UCF), who was forced into a mental hospital in the town of Apatity, has been transferred to outpatient treatment.