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The gas pumping station at Sudzhe, Russia, seen late Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Ukraine signed a deal on Monday Jan. 12, 2009, to allow teams of EU monitors to be deployed at natural gas transit sites along Ukraine`s vast pipeline network, and the agreement, which Russian gas company Gazprom said was signed Monday morning during talks in Kiev, could open the way for a resumption of gas shipments to Europe through pipelines that cross Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)