MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian natural gas production for the first half of 2005 grew by 3789.1 million cubic meters, or 1.1 %, to a total of 372,905.1 million cbm. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom produced 85% of Russia"s natural gas, with 319,365.2 million cbm, up by 1385.3 million cbm (0.4 %) from the same period last year. Domestic consumption of natural gas reached 226,413.3 million cbm, an increase of 2553.3 million cbm (1.1 %) compared with last year"s period. Gas exports aggregated 92,212,4 million cbm, up by 8802.3 million cbm (9 %) compared with the first half of 2004.
China is planning to launch in 2011 a spacecraft equipped with two docking ports to serve as a basis for the country"s future space station, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
Canada"s women bobsledders took the gold and silver medals at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver to bring an overall number of the medals to 15.