Turkey’s Parliament ratifies Nabucco deal

Turkey's Parliament on Thursday by a vote of 229 to 12 ratified an accord to build the European Union's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline, Anatolia news agency reported.

The Nabucco pipeline, spanning 3,300 kilometers, is planned to become operational in 2014 at an estimated cost of $10.7 billion, carrying gas from the Caspian Sea to Austria via Turkey and the Balkans, bypassing Russia.