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Today, August 1, Poland celebrate 67 anniversary of the Warsaw uprising ? one of the most tragic pages in Polish history of the twentieth century. The uprising killed about 20 thousand soldiers of the underground Home Army and, according to various estimates, between 150 and 200 thousand civilians.
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Region: Pilots at fault for Smolensk - Polish report
A 15-month investigation has concluded the plane crash that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczy?ski was caused by mistakes made primarily by Poland's military pilots.
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Poland's former deputy prime minister dies
Poland's former deputy prime minister Andrzej Lepper was found dead in his apartment in the capital, Warsaw, on Thursday, his party said in a statement.
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Poland's former deputy prime minister dies
Poland's former deputy prime minister Andrzej Lepper was found dead in his apartment in the capital, Warsaw, on Thursday, his party said in a statement.
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Poland?s Left Alliance Leader Seeks Budget Balance in Campaign Reversal
Poland?s Democratic Left Alliance seeks to balance the budget and help entrepreneurs, party leader Grzegorz Napieralski said, abandoning calls for higher social spending before a vote that may return the party to government.
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Poland dismisses air force officials after plane crash report
Warsaw, Aug 5 (IANS) Poland has disbanded a special air force regiment responsible for carrying top officials and dismissed 14 high-ranked officials after the probe into the plane crash that killed its former president, Xinhua reported.
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Poland shakes up military after crash embarrassment
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland announced on Thursday the sacking of more than a dozen top air force and defense ministry officials as part of a wide-ranging shakeup of the military after a scathing report into last year's plane crash that killed the country's president.
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Polish president sets Oct. 9 as election date
Poland's president has set Oct. 9 as the date for parliamentary elections, opening a campaign certain to be shaped by bitter disputes over the plane crash last year that killed President Lech Kaczynski and other political figures.
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'I am purposely self-destructing again': Heartache of murdered British art student, 21, after break-up with Polish man
A British student murdered in Poland sank into depression following a painful break-up with a Polish man and revealed online that she had been ?self-destructing? in the months before her death.
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Poland Sees Russian Role in Cause of Crash Killing 96
WARSAW ? Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect and confusing landing instructions to pilots of a plane that crashed, killing Poland?s president and 95 other people, a Polish report said Friday ? a finding that could further strain ties between the countries.
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Poland marks 1944 revolt against Nazis
Sirens wailed, traffic drew to a halt and pedestrians stood in silent tribute yesterday, as Poland?s capital marked the ill-fated 1944 Warsaw uprising against occupying Nazi Germany.
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Poland remembers Warsaw Uprising
Poland on Monday paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the Warsaw Uprising against occupying Nazi Germany 67 years ago. Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined other dignitaries for a remembrance ceremony at the Polish capital?s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Poland's Jaruzelski exempted from standing trials
A court has exempted Poland's last communist leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski from two trials due to his ill health.
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Looted Warsaw Ghetto Painting Returned to Poland
A Nazi-looted painting depicting Jewish life in the Warsaw Ghetto was returned to Poland.
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Nazi-looted painting of Warsaw Ghetto life returned to Poland
A Nazi-looted painting depicting Jewish life in the Warsaw Ghetto was returned to Poland. ?Jewish Woman Selling Oranges,? a 19th-century oil-on-canvas work, was one of several by Polish artist Aleksandr Giermyski depicting Jewish life in the ghetto.
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Poland Faults Russians in Smolensk Crash
WARSAW ? Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect and confusing landing instructions to pilots of a plane that crashed, killing Poland's president and 95 other people, a Polish report said Friday ? a finding that could further strain ties between the countries.
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Polish defence minister quits over damning crash report
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich resigned on Friday after a government report chronicled a litany of errors and neglect by the crew of the military plane that crashed in Russia last year killing Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others.
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Poland Faults Russians in Smolensk Crash
WARSAW ? Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect and confusing landing instructions to pilots of a plane that crashed, killing Poland's president and 95 other people, a Polish report said Friday ? a finding that could further strain ties between the countries.
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Poland: Russians made mistakes in 2010 crash
Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect and confusing landing instructions to pilots of a plane that crashed, killing Poland's president and 95 other people, a Polish report said Friday, a finding that could further strain ties between the countries.
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