On 23 April, Egypt ordered the former energy minister to stand trial for the natural gas deal with Israel.

The new gas deal is 10 times the size of Israel's million-barrels-a-year oil contract with Egypt.

Ukraine's parliament dismisses the Cabinet over its gas deal with Russia.

In a rebuff to Washington, it signed a gas deal with Iran earlier this month.

The nationalism and economic ignorance of the opposition to the gas deal show where the indigenous movement is going wrong.

Investors, however, are dubious that the gas deal was voluntary, especially after the government took over parts of the oil industry last year.

The kingdom intended the gas deal as a showpiece to advertise its openness to foreign investment.

Merrill Lynch is advising the company on this gas deal.

The construction of pipeline started in 1996 after signing a gas deal between Turkish and Iranian governments.

The gas deal was signed on 30 August 1996.