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*** EU/Austria: Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands did not invite the Austrian Ambassador to the dinner she organises each year for foreign diplomats, due to the freeze in bilateral contacts of Fourteen EU countries vis-à-vis Austria, said a spokesperson for the foreign ministry. In Germany, Chancellor Schroeder told the television that there was "no reason to make the decision taken by the fourteen relative", observing: "People...