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* Talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority could be frozen for a year unless the PNA abandons its demand that Israel completely stop settlement construction activity, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said

* Croatia"s EU accession talks have made considerable progress, and have entered their final stage, the EU-Croatia Stabilization and Association Council said during a meeting

* Russia will continue to support China, including on the "sensitive" issue of Taiwan, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

* The Ukrainian Communist Party is unhappy with its appointments to parliament and is threatening to withdraw from the parliamentary coalition, Ukrainian Dilo newspaper said

* The Vietnamese defense minister said that the current visit of his Russian counterpart to Vietnam would strengthen bilateral military ties, which have seen a significant improvement in the last few years

* Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S. missile defenses

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