* Russia will continue negotiations on imports of Polish meat with the European Commission rather than hold direct talks with Poland, the Russian agriculture minister said
* The Progress M-59 cargo spacecraft, carrying fuel, water, food and scientific equipment, has docked with the International Space Station, Russia's Mission Control Center said
* Russian Communists have urged the Communist parties of ex-Soviet states to join their efforts to restore the former Soviet Union
* Russia and India are planning to conduct joint land and naval counter-terrorism exercises in 2007, a Russian Defense Ministry official said
* The United States has officially proposed to deploy a missile-defense radar on the territory of the Czech Republic, the Czech prime minister said
