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Football: Poles get up close to Euro trophy
As Euro 2012 looms, Poland fans got a chance on Friday to get up close to the tournament trophy, though few here expect their team to lift it in the final.
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EU could lift sanctions if Myanmar frees prisoners: Poland
(WARSAW ) - The European Union could permanently lift sanctions against Myanmar if it were to release all political prisoners, Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Friday.
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Polish government approves pension system shake-up
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's centrist government approved a plan on Friday to gradually raise the retirement age and to reduce pension privileges for uniformed services. The controversial reforms, which will need to be approved by the parliament and signed by the president, are part of a wider drive to put Poland's public finances on a more sustainable path ahead of a demographic shift towards a ...
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Follow the Trophy tour under way in Warsaw
The Henri Delaunay Cup has been presented to the city of Warsaw as the UEFA EURO 2012 Follow the Trophy tour begins with a three-day stopover in the Polish capital.
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Poles get up close to Euro trophy
As Euro 2012 looms, Poland fans got a chance on Friday to get up close to the tournament trophy, though few here expect their team to lift it in the final.
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Last book of late Nobel poet hits stores in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska has hit bookstores in Poland to big interest....
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Polish government approves pension system shake-up
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's centrist government approved a plan on Friday to gradually raise the retirement age and to reduce pension privileges for uniformed services. The controversial reforms, which will need to be approved by the parliament and signed by the president, are part of a wider drive to put Poland's public finances on a more sustainable path ahead of a demographic shift towards a ...
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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsLast book of late Nobel poet hits stores in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska has hit bookstores in Poland to big interest.
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Last book of late Nobel poet hits stores in Poland
WARSAW, POLAND (AP) - A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska has hit bookstores in Poland to big interest. The slim hardcover titled "Wystarczy" _ or "That's Enough" _ contains 13 edited poems and copies of several more unedited, handwritten poems that Szymborska was still working on when ...
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Jewish life slowly returns to Poland
Poles embrace Jewish roots that Nazis tried to destroy
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Cocaine found in Polish supermarket banana shipment
WARSAW (AFP) - A hundred kilogrammes of cocaine have been found in a shipment of bananas delivered to two hypermarkets owned by France's Auchan chain in southern Poland, local media reported Friday. Related Stories Catholic nuns group 'stunned' by Vatican slap Clinton urges tougher UN pressure on Syria Man killed by five-metre shark in S. Africa US calls for 'restraint' after Indian missile ...
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Last book of late Nobel poet hits stores in Poland
A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska has hit bookstores in Poland to big interest.
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Last book of late Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska hits stores in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska has hit bookstores in Poland to big interest.
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Warsaw backtracks on Lech Poznan ban
Polish authorities on Friday backtracked on a security-driven decision to bar fans of Lech Poznan from a match against league leaders Legia Warsaw, but pledged to crack down if there was trouble.
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Poland says ETS reform could bankrupt its industry
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A European Commission plan to boost the carbon market is unfeasible and could bankrupt Polish companies, Poland's environment minister said on Thursday. European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard announced a review of the auctioning profile for the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which could limit the number of allowances available and help tackle a glut that has ...
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Euro-2012: UEFA requested to replace the turf at all Polish stadiums
UEFA had demanded to replace lawns at all Polish stadiums where matches of Euro-2012 will be held. It was stated by UEFA President Michel Platini during a visit to Warsaw. ?Our Organization has paid greatest attention to quality fields.
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Poland says ETS reform could bankrupt its industry
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A European Commission plan to boost the carbon market is unfeasible and could bankrupt Polish companies, Poland's environment minister said on Thursday. European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard announced a review of the auctioning profile for the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which could limit the number of allowances available and help tackle a glut that has ...
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Thousands of youth gather at Auschwitz to remember Holocaust victims
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Thousands of youth from Israel, the United States and other countries marched Thursday between Auschwitz and Birkenau, the two parts of Nazi Germany's most notorious death complex, to honor the millions killed in the Holocaust.
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Thousands of youth remember Holocaust at Auschwitz
Thousands of youth from Israel, the United States and other countries marched Thursday between Auschwitz and Birkenau, the two parts of Nazi Germany's most notorious death complex, to honor the millions killed in the Holocaust.
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Berlin Biennale showcases contemporary political art
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of birch trees from the biggest Nazi death camp, at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, are dotted around Berlin as a living memorial of this dark chapter in Germany's past. The trees, called Birke in German, lent their name to the Birkenau camp where as many as 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, perished between 1940 and 1945. The installation "Berlin-Birkenau" by Polish ...
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