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Polish Treasury, KGHM CEO Appear Divided Over How To Spend Cash
The rift between Poland's new Treasury minister and the chief executive of Polish copper-mining company KGHM Polska Miedz SA (KGH.WA), in which the ministry holds a controlling stake, appeared to widen Tuesday.
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Poland fears US defence cuts make it vulnerable to Russia
WARSAW, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Poland fears planned defence cuts by the United States may stall the development of an anti-missile system on Polish soil and leave it more vulnerable to Russia, a senior government source said.
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Poland fears U.S. defense cuts make it vulnerable to Russia
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland fears planned defense cuts by the United States may stall the development of an anti-missile system on Polish soil and leave it more vulnerable to Russia, a senior government source said. U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to cut nearly half a trillion dollars in defense spending over the next 10 years means Washington is reviewing already announced programs to reflect ...
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?Polish Underground? Takes Down Government Websites
In Warsaw, a group call the ?Polish Underground? targeted the Polish Government?s website. This comes following the weekends attack on websites belonging to Poland?s president, prime minister and parliament. The attacks are thought to be a protest to upcoming anti-piracy ?
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Polkomtel Gets $1.2 Billion in Biggest Polish Company Bonds
Polkomtel SA, Poland?s second- largest mobile-phone company, raised the equivalent of $1.2 billion in the country?s biggest sale of corporate bonds to help pay for its leveraged buyout.
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Polish pol threatens to smoke pot in Parliament
The leader of a new left-wing party in Poland threatened to light up a joint in Parliament on Friday ? but just burned incense instead.
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Polish MP 'lights up' for legal marijuana
WARSAW (AFP) - Janusz Palikot, the leader of a new party which brought in Poland's first trans-gender and openly gay MPs, launched a drive Friday to legalise marijuana by smoking pot in parliament.
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Polish leader tries to smoke pot in Parliament
The leader of a new left-wing party in Poland threatened to light up a joint in Parliament on Friday ? but just burned incense instead.
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Poland's Kamil Stoch wins World Cup ski jump
The Associated Press The Associated Press ZAKOPANE, Poland Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch earned his first World Cup victory of the season Friday, the second straight year he won in his home country. Stoch had the day's longest leap in the second round, 135 meters. He went 125.5 meters in his first effort on the large hill and finished with a total score of 257.9 points. Richard Freitag of ...
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Polish MP 'lights up' for legal marijuana
WARSAW (AFP) - Janusz Palikot, the leader of a new party which brought in Poland's first trans-gender and openly gay MPs, launched a drive Friday to legalise marijuana by smoking pot in parliament.
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Poland Shale Gas Ambitions Undaunted by Bulgarian 'No'
The ban on the exploration and production of shale gas in Bulgaria has its no way affected the resolution of the Polish government to pursue the approach in Poland. This was revealed by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Polish National Radio Thursday, a day after the Bulgarian Parliament voted to ban the hydraulic fracturing technique involved in exploring and producing shale gas ...
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Poland orders new helicopters, upgrades
SWIDNIK, Poland, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- AgustaWestland's subsidiary in Poland will supply the Polish Air Force with four new helicopters and also upgrade 14 others.
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Poland's Oscar hopeful revives ghosts of Holocaust
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish director Agnieszka Holland will take her third shot at an Academy Award with a dark film that dwells on the ambiguous attitudes of her countrymen towards the Nazi Holocaust. Holland's "In Darkness" recounts the World War Two exploits of Leopold Socha, whose efforts to help Jews evade capture by the Nazi forces in Poland led Israel's Yad Vashem institute to place him ...
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Poland's Oscar hopeful revives ghosts of Holocaust
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish director Agnieszka Holland will take her third shot at an Academy Award with a dark film that dwells on the ambiguous attitudes of her countrymen towards the Nazi Holocaust. Holland's "In Darkness" recounts the World War Two exploits of Leopold Socha, whose efforts to help Jews evade capture by the Nazi forces in Poland led Israel's Yad Vashem institute to place him ...
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Poland?s condom market shrinks for first time, data shows
WARSAW, Jan 18 ? Sales of condoms and birth control in Poland shrank by 10 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively over a year as of October 2011, the first such drop on record, fresh market surveys showed yesterday. Further studies of the data compiled by the Nielsen and IMS Health pharmaceutical market analysts due out in February are expected to ...
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Poland invites Iran to volleyball tourney
Poland has invited Iran's national volleyball team to take part in a tournament nearly two months after the Iranian squad defeated the powerful Polish team in the 2011 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's World Cup competitions.
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Poland Fines 'Blaspheming' Pop Star for Criticizing Bible
Polish pop star Dorota ?Doda? Rabczewska was recently fined $1,450 by Polish authorities for defaming the Bible in a 2009 interview, which shows, observers say, that Poland still clings to its strong Roman Catholic roots even as it faces a more secularized society.
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Poland's condom market shrinks for first time: data
Sales of condoms and birth control in Poland shrank by 10 percent and 3.2 percent respectively over a year as of October 2011, the first such drop on record, fresh market surveys showed Tuesday.
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Poland?s condom market shrinks for first time, data shows
WARSAW, Jan 18 ? Sales of condoms and birth control in Poland shrank by 10 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively over a year as of October 2011, the first such drop on record, fresh market surveys showed yesterday. Further studies of the data compiled by the Nielsen and IMS Health pharmaceutical market analysts due out in February are expected to ...
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Poland's condom market shrinks for first time: data
Sales of condoms and birth control in Poland shrank by 10 percent and 3.2 percent respectively over a year as of October 2011, the first such drop on record, fresh market surveys showed Tuesday.
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