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Nobel-winning Polish poet Szymborska dies aged 88 [Feb 02, 2012] WARSAW, Feb 2 ? Nobel-winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died yesterday at the age of 88, her assistant Michal Rusinek announced. Szymborska, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, passed away ?peacefully, in her sleep? at her home in Krakow in southern Poland, Rusinek told Poland?s PAP news agency. Born on July 2, 1923 in Bnin, near ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Nobel winning poet Szymborska dies at 88 [Feb 02, 2012] WARSAW, Feb 1 - Polish Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, once described as the "Mozart of Poetry," died on Wednesday, after suffering from lung cancer. She was 88. "She died quietly, in her sleep," Szymborska's assistant Michal Rusinek was quoted as saying by the state news agency PAP. The shy poet became a reluctant celebrity when she became the fourth Pole to win the literary Nobel ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish PM goes to Afghanistan to honour 5 dead soldiers [Dec 23, 2011] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk went to Afghanistan on Thursday to pay homage to five Polish soldiers who were killed by a makeshift bomb, the PAP news agency reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland: Walesa son injured in motorcycle accident [Sep 02, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Jaroslaw Walesa, the son of former Polish President Lech Walesa and a member of the European Union parliament, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Friday, Polish media reported. Citing firefighters and police, the news agency PAP said the 34-year-old was on his motorcycle when he collided with a small SUV in Stropkowo, central ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland: Walesa son injured in motorcycle accident [Sep 02, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Jaroslaw Walesa, the son of former Polish President Lech Walesa and a member of the European Union parliament, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Friday, Polish media reported. Citing firefighters and police, news agency PAP said the 34-year-old was on his motorcycle when he collided with a small SUV in Stropkowo, central ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Additional news "Political news" [Aug 16, 2011] Poland is concerned about the Russian and Soviet cemeteries on their territory. This was in the State Duma, said Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Nikolai Pankov , presenting information to the deputies of the trusteeship over the graves of Soviet soldiers who died on the fronts of World War II in Russia and abroad, reports the Polish agency PAP. ?The Polish side is very careful to include ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish train derails, 4 people killed [Aug 13, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish train travelling from Warsaw to the southern city of Katowice derailed Friday, killing four people and injuring 30 more, local police official Adam Kolasa told state news agency PAP. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish train derails, 4 people killed [Aug 13, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish train travelling from Warsaw to the southern city of Katowice derailed Friday, killing four people and injuring 30 more, local police official Adam Kolasa told state news agency PAP. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish World War II battle hero Kowalik dies at 96 [Jul 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Aleksy Kowalik, one of the three surviving heroes of Poland's first World War II battle has died. He was 96. Kowalik's daughter Jadwiga Bucz told Polish news agency PAP that her father died on Sunday in the southern city of Blachownia, where the family has lived for over 60 years. Kowalik was among the 205 Polish troops guarding the navy's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish World War II battle hero Aleksy Kowalik dies aged 96 [Jul 11, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Aleksy Kowalik, one of the three surviving heroes of Poland's first World War II battle has died. He was 96. Kowalik's daughter Jadwiga Bucz told Polish news agency PAP that her father died on Sunday in the southern city of Blachownia, where the family has lived for over 60 years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish World War II battle hero Kowalik dies at 96 [Jul 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Aleksy Kowalik, one of the three surviving heroes of Poland's first World War II battle has died. He was 96. Kowalik's daughter Jadwiga Bucz told Polish news agency PAP that her father died on Sunday in the southern city of Blachownia, where the family has lived for over 60 years. Kowalik was among the 205 Polish troops at a military post ... [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S., Polish, Ukrainian presidents meet for talks in Warsaw [May 28, 2011] Presidents of the United States, Poland and Ukraine held an unplanned meeting in Warsaw on Friday, Polish information agency PAP reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

PGNiG "seriously interested" in SPEC takeover [Mar 09, 2011] ?We have received an information memorandum from SPEC. We are going to make an initial offer by March 28. We are seriously interested in purchasing the operator,? Tomasz Kara?, member of the board at PGNiG, told PAP. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland asks Nazi camp museums to drop .pl websites (AFP) [Feb 01, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) ? Poland's culture minister said Tuesday he had asked museums at former Nazi death camps to drop their Polish .pl Internet suffix to help counter the false impression they were Polish-run. The minister, Bogdan Zdrojewski, told Polish news agency PAP he had written to the directors of three museums in Poland asking them to use other suffixes for their websites, such as the more ... [via YahooNews] More >>