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Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline defies US
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are inaugurating a controversial gas pipeline linking the two neighbours.
The US has warned that the project could incur sanctions connected with Iran's nuclear programme.
The long-delayed pipeline is seen in Pakistan as a way of alleviating the country's chronic energy shortages.
The work on the Iranian side is almost complete. Monday marks the start of construction in Pakistan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21736725
