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Obama's Poland visit undercut by Walesa's snub
WARSAW, Poland -- President Barack Obama's last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, giving him the chance to inject new vigor into a relationship with an ally that has sometimes felt slighted by Washington.
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U.S., Poland to seal airforce deal: White House
WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will announce a deal on Saturday to set up a U.S. air detachment to serve warplanes that will rotate through Poland, the White House said on Friday.
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Obama pays homage to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
US President Barack Obama on Friday honoured the Jews who fought and died in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against Nazi Germany, as he began a working visit to Poland.
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Poland to the United States: End the visa requirement
Poland has been one of the United States' staunchest allies. Now they want the United States to stop requiring Polish tourists to get visas.
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Obama visit to Poland chance to add vigor to ties
VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland President Barack Obama's last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, giving him the chance to inject new vigor in a relationship with an ally that has sometimes felt slighted by Washington. Obama had planned to attend the funeral last year for President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash, but an ash cloud from ...
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President Obama makes last stop of tour in Poland as he focuses on security in Eastern Europe
President Barack Obama's last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, where he will hold political meetings that will focus on security, energy and joint U.S.-Polish efforts to promote democracy in North Africa, Belarus and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.
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'It doesn't suit me': Poland's former president snubs meeting with Obama on Warsaw trip
Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa has snubbed an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama.
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Poland's Walesa to skip meeting with Obama
Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa says he has turned down an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama because it doesn't fit into his schedule.
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Obama visit to Poland seen as chance to renew Polish enthusiasm for US
WARSAW, Poland - President Barack Obama's last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, giving him the chance to inject new vigour in a relationship with an ally that has sometimes felt slighted by Washington.
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Poland, U.S. to sign airbase deal after Obama visit
The Polish defense minister confirmed on Friday that Warsaw and Washington would sign a deal on the permanent deployment of a U.S. air detachment in Poland after U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to the European state.
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Obama visit to Poland seen as chance to renew Polish enthusiasm for US
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? President Barack Obama's last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, giving him the chance to inject new vigor in a relationship with an ally that has sometimes felt slighted by Washington.
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BGZ, Cheapest Polish Bank, Jumps 6% After Debut on Warsaw Stock Exchange
Bank Gospodarki Zywnosciowej SA , the Polish unit of Rabobank Groep, jumped as much as 6 percent in Warsaw trading after the government sold 312 million zloty ($111 million) of shares in an initial public offering.
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Warsaw wants in on U.S. visa waivers
Poland sends troops to fight alongside U.S. soldiers and considers itself a strong ally, but it's the only Central European country whose citizens cannot travel to America without a visa, a sore point that Poles hope President Obama will rectify when he visits their nation Friday. Of the 25 European ...
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Missile Defense is Key Issue of Obama's Poland Visit
US President's first visit to country anxiously awaited amid suspicions of diminishing American interest
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48 hours in: Warsaw
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Kardan unit sells Polish mall at ?475m value
GTC Poland sold its 50% stake in Warsaw's Galeria Mokotow to its partner, a Unibail Rodamco affiliate.
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EU first: Chinese workers rebuild Polish motorways
WISKITKI, Poland (AFP) - In the heart of the Polish countryside, about 500 Chinese workers toil frenetically on a new stretch of the A2 motorway connecting Berlin and Warsaw -- an unprecedented sight both here and across the EU.
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12 years sentence sought for Polish soldiers for Afghan war crimes
Warsaw, May 25 : Poland's military Prosecutor General demanded Tuesday 12-year sentences for seven Polish soldiers who shot civilians in Afghanistan in 2007.
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Polish Retail Sales Growth Accelerates, Suggesting Rates May Rise in June
Polish retail sales growth accelerated to the fastest in more than three years in April, boosting expectations the central bank will raise interest rates for the fourth time this year next month.
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Soccer: Poland?s national stadium faces delays
WARSAW, May 25 ? Faulty construction of evacuation stairs at Poland?s new national sports stadium in Warsaw may delay the opening of the arena built for soccer?s 2012 European Championship, officials said today. The stadium on the bank of the Vistula river was scheduled to be ready by the end of June, one year before Poland is due to co-host Euro ...
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