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Polish workers protest plan to hike retirement age
Thousands of people from across Poland demonstrated noisily Friday outside Parliament to protest government plans to raise the retirement age to 67.
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Research and Markets: Poland Defence and Security Report Q2 2012 - The 36th Special Air Transport Regiment Was ...
DUBLIN-- -- Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Poland Defence and Security Report Q2 2012" report to their offering. The Polish military is in the process of professionalising its armed forces, and also configuring them to support NATO operations, following the country's admittance into the organisation. The Polish government has a long-standing aspiration to ...
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Poland's healthcare system is rigidly controlled by the state, the body said
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), whose report on the Polish healthcare system was presented on Thursday at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland's healthcare system is rigidly controlled by the state, Gazeta Wyborcza reported.
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Polish PM Tusk urges "discretion" around CIA prisons probe
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday appealed for more "discretion" around the country's investigation into alleged CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects on Polish soil, after media revelations about the probe. Polish media said on Tuesday prosecutors had charged a former head of Poland's intelligence service with helping set up secret CIA detention centres at the ...
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Poland: Collision of minibus and truck kills 8
A minibus carrying Polish coal miners and a truck have collided in Poland, killing eight people and injuring 10 others.
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Polish PM urges "discretion" around CIA prisons probe
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday appealed for more "discretion" around the country's investigation into alleged CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects on Polish soil, after media revelations about the probe. Polish media said on Tuesday prosecutors had charged a former head of Poland's intelligence service with helping set up secret CIA detention centers at the ...
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Poland charges ex-official over CIA prisons: report
WARSAW (Reuters) - A leading Polish newspaper said on Tuesday that prosecutors had charged the former head of Poland's intelligence service for helping to set up CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the country at the height of the U.S.-led "war on terror". Despite reports by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe stating Poland and Romania hosted CIA detention centres, Polish ...
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Polish FA chief faces revolt over graft
WARSAW (AFP) - The boss of Poland's PZPN football association Grzegorz Lato on Wednesday faced mounting calls to step down, with rebels mustering support to force him from the job even as Euro 2012 looms.
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Human rights groups welcome Polish report on CIA prisons
WARSAW (Reuters) - Human rights campaigners welcomed on Wednesday a report that prosecutors had charged the former head of Poland's intelligence service for helping set up CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the country at the height of the U.S.-led "war on terror." Daily Gazeta Wyborcza, a leading Polish newspaper, said on Tuesday that Zbigniew Siemiatkowski was charged as part of a classified ...
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Green light for Japan-Brazil friendly in Poland
A friendly between Japan and Brazil in Poland is to go ahead in October, the Polish football association has decided, after initial objections due to a clash with the Poles' World Cup qualifier against England.
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Poland needs further reforms to increase growth, OECD report says
Warsaw (dpa) - Poland needs to implement key reforms to raise its growth prospects amid a slowing European economy, said a report released Wednesday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD.)"Poland is well-equipped to deal with the slowdown," said Angel Gurria, the secretary-general of the Paris-based economic think-tank. "It can move in the right direction by cutting ...
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Ex-Polish official charged over CIA jails
WARSAW: The former head of Poland's intelligence service has been charged with helping the CIA set up a secret prison to detain al-Qaeda suspects, a leading Polish newspaper reported.
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Poland charges ex-official over CIA prisons: report
WARSAW (Reuters) - A leading Polish newspaper said on Tuesday that prosecutors had charged the former head of Poland's intelligence service for helping to set up CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the country at the height of the U.S.-led "war on terror".
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Poland charges ex-official over CIA prisons, report says
A leading Polish newspaper says that prosecutors have charged the former head of Poland's intelligence service for helping to set up CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the country at the height of the U.S.-led "war on terror."
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Germany's Gauck says visiting Poland first was from "heart"
Warsaw - German President Joachim Gauck said Tuesday his choice of Poland as the destination for his first official foreign trip was a decision of the heart as he pledged to maintain good relations between the nations, despite a strained common history.
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Poland charges ex-official over CIA prisons
WARSAW - A leading Polish newspaper said on March 28 that prosecutors had charged the former head of Poland's intelligence service for helping to set up CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the country at the height of the U.S.-led "war on terror".
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Poland charges ex-official over CIA prisons: report
WARSAW (Reuters) - A leading Polish newspaper said on Tuesday that prosecutors had charged the former head of Poland's intelligence service for helping to set up CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the country at the height of the U.S.-led "war on terror".
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LEAD: Germany's Gauck says visiting Poland first was from "heart" Eds: Adds meeting with Tusk, visit to parliament ...
Warsaw (dpa) - German President Joachim Gauck said Tuesday his choice of Poland as the destination for his first official foreign trip was a "decision of the heart" as he pledged to maintain good relations between the nations, despite a strained common history."There were, of course, political reasons. However, it was a decision of the heart," Gauck said in Warsaw after a meeting with Polish ...
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Poland ex-spy boss 'charged over alleged CIA secret prison'
WARSAW (AFP) - Poland has charged its former spy chief as part of a probe into claims it hosted a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 'black site' where suspected Al-Qaeda members were allegedly tortured, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Related Stories Al-Jazeera considers broadcasting French gunman videos Syria accepts Annan peace plan: Spokesman Ex-allies seek distance from Strauss-Kahn after ...
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Germany's Gauck: decision to visit Poland first came from "heart" Eds: epa photos
Warsaw (dpa) - New German President Joachim Gauck said Tuesday his choice of Poland as the destination for his first official foreign trip was a "decision of the heart" as he pledged to maintain good relations between the nations, despite a strained common history."There were, of course, political reasons. However, it was a decision of the heart," Gauck said in Warsaw after a meeting with Polish ...
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