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Thursday, November 2. 2006, 12:00:00 AM UTC

"No. 5, 1948" by Jackson Pollock becomes the most expensive painting after it was sold privately at $140 million.ref name=Artnet

Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly, intends to double the price it charges Georgia. This follows the 2006 Georgian-Russian espionage controversy in early October. //www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=14003 (Civil Georgia)