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WORLD

* Washington has dismissed Iran's nuclear fuel demand and said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proposal already offered to Tehran was sufficient

* Four French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters have started a four-month NATO mission to patrol the skies over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said

* An Israeli defense delegation headed by National Security Advisor Uzi Arad has departed secretly for India, American Arab-language television station al-Houra reported

* Iran plans to conduct a large-scale military exercise next month to repel a possible enemy attack, Press TV said

* The Czech government on Monday approved the Defense Ministry’s proposal to earmark two million crowns ($110,000) for projects in Afghanistan, the CTK news agency reported

* China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on food additives imported from Thailand and Indonesia, Xinhua reported

* Two Polish priests had to leave Belarus after authorities in the post-Soviet republic refused to extend their work permits, Polskie Radio reported

* About 120,000 Ukrainians were officially employed in Poland in the first half of 2009, the single largest immigrant group in the country, the PAP news agency reported

RUSSIA

* A freight train was blown up in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, an interior ministry spokesman said

* A customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will boost the countries’ economic growth and could raise their GDP 14-15% by 2015, the Russian parliament speaker said

* Georgian Airways will perform three direct charter flights to Moscow on January 8-10, a spokesperson for the airline said

* Railway traffic, disrupted by heavy snowfalls in Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin for four days, has been restored, a spokesman for the local railway service said