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Deadly cold front continues in Europe
WARSAW - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst.
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Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria
WARSAW (AFP) - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing past 300 on Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst.
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Flowers, candles pile up in Polish park where mother buried child, claimed had been kidnapped
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Flowers, teddy bears and candles are piling up in a southern Polish park where a mother buried her child and then sparked a nationwide search by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped.
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Lithuania and Poland discuss bilateral cooperation in EU matters
WARSAW - On Feb. 2 in Warsaw, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilunas and Polish Secretary of State for European Affairs Miko?aj Dowgielewicz discussed bilateral cooperation in EU matters, Lithuania?s preparation for the Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013.
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Nine more die in Poland in Europe cold snap
WARSAW, Poland ? The Interior Ministry says nine people have died of hypothermia in Poland over the past 24 hours in the cold snap that has swept across Europe.
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62 dead in Polish big freeze
62 people have died so far in Poland's cold snap where temperatures have plunged to -24C.
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Nobel-winning Polish poet Szymborska dies aged 88
Nobel-winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died Wednesday at the age of 88, her assistant Michal Rusinek announced.
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Poland concerned over EU's fiscal pact
The Polish finance minister has said it would be "absurd" for any country to have confidence in the euro given the current economic environment.
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Poland halts copyright law after mass protests
Poland halts copyright law after mass protests WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites. Donald Tusk said Friday that first a wider discussion must be held on the issue to include Internet users and privacy protection office.
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Warsaw man arrested for exposing himself at Amish school
A Warsaw man is behind bars on Friday after exposing himself to a group of Amish school students last week.
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Poland halts copyright law after mass protests
Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites.
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Poland freezes anti-piracy pact ratification
Poland's prime minister said Friday that Warsaw would put on ice plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after massive off-and-online protests in his country.
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ACTA on the edge in Europe? Poland suspends ratification, Greece gets hacked
Anger at last month's decision by the European Union and 22 of its member states to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has led to widespread protests, hacked Web sites, and legislators backing away from the treaty. The anti-ACTA protests that saw Polish politicians don Guy Fawkes masks in parliament have borne fruit. After experiencing a considerable backlash in Poland, Prime ...
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Warsaw man arrested for exposing himself at Amish school
A Warsaw man is behind bars on Friday after exposing himself to a group of Amish school students last week.
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Exxon's Polish Fracking Plans Hit Air Pocket
Exxon Mobil announced that the gas flow from its two exploratory wells drilled in Poland did not justify bringing them into production.
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Poland freezes anti-piracy pact ratification
Poland's prime minister said Friday that Warsaw would put on ice plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after massive off-and-online protests in his country.
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Poland halts copyright law after mass protests
The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites. Donald Tusk said Friday that first a wider discussion must be held on the issue to include Internet users and privacy protection office. The government signed the Anti ...
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Deep freeze hits Poland's hardy lake swimmers
Hardy fans of swimming in the frozen lakes of northern Poland have decided to call off a mass outing this weekend due to the vicious cold snap gripping the country, organisers said Friday.
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Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel-winning Polish poet, dies at 88
During a five-decade career, Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska had so rarely appeared in public that a newspaper dubbed her the "Greta Garbo of poetry" after the notoriously private actress. But in 1996, Poland's most reticent literary icon was forced to open her door to the world: She had won the Nobel Prize in literature and the world was clamoring for her reaction.
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Polish Nobel poet Szymborska dies, aged 88
Wislawa Szymborska, the 1996 Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, has lost her battle with lung cancer. Szymborska died in her sleep at her home in Krakow.
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