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Walesa visits sick ex-communist leader in hospital
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland They were once bitter foes: Lech Walesa, the pro-democracy activist, and Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the communist leader who imprisoned Walesa for 11 months during a harsh martial law crackdown in 1981. In a sign of their reconciliation, Walesa visited the ailing 88-year-old Jaruzelski over the weekend, shaking hands with his former jailer who ...
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Poland's Lech Walesa visits sick former political foe Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski
WARSAW, Poland - They were once bitter foes: Lech Walesa, the pro-democracy activist, and Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the communist leader who imprisoned Walesa for 11 months during a harsh martial law crackdown in 1981.
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Polish church and state leaders pray for the EU
VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Bailouts, crisis meetings, and now divine intervention. With the European Union deep in crisis, Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity and the country's success as it holds the EU presidency. The service in Warsaw, attended by Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and other political leaders, came after Polish ...
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Polish church and state leaders pray for the EU
The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Bailouts, crisis meetings, and now divine intervention. With the European Union deep in crisis, Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity and the country's success as it holds the EU presidency. The service in Warsaw, attended by members of the government, comes after Polish church leaders also held ...
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Israel donates money for preservation of Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish officials say Israel has pledged $1 million to help preserve the former death camp of Auschwitz, which is in a serious state of deterioration.
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Polish central bank intervenes to support its weakening currency
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's central bank has intervened to support the country's currency, the zloty, pushing it up against the euro and dollar after weeks of depreciation.
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Polish central bank intervenes to support currency
(09-23) 08:47 PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's central bank on Friday intervened to support the country's currency, the zloty, pushing it up against the euro and dollar after weeks of depreciation caused by fears of...
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Polish central bank intervenes to support its weakening currency
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's central bank has intervened to support the country's currency, the zloty, pushing it up against the euro and dollar after weeks of depreciation.
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Israel donates money for preservation of Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish officials say Israel has pledged $1 million to help preserve the former death camp of Auschwitz, which is in a serious state of deterioration.
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Poland receives 2 stolen paintings seized in NY
U.S. authorities have returned two paintings seized in New York that were stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, by the Nazis during World War II.
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US authorities return to Poland 2 paintings seized in NY that were stolen by Nazis during WWII
NEW YORK - U.S. authorities have returned two paintings seized in New York that were stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, by the Nazis during World War II.
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Jewish History Museum to open in Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? An ambitious museum devoted to the 1,000-year history of Poland's Jews will open on the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, officials said Monday.
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Poland receives 2 stolen paintings seized in NY
U.S. authorities have returned two paintings seized in New York that were stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, by the Nazis during World War II.
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Kanter throws 67.99m in Warsaw
21 September 2011 - Warsaw, Poland - Gerd Kanter's 67.99m season's best in the Discus Throw highlighted the second edition of the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw on Tuesday.
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Stalemate in Poland over work of a Yiddish author
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Free after a decade in Soviet labor camps, Yiddish author Naftali Herts Kon believed he was entering the free world when in 1959 he took his wife and daughters to Poland to start a new life. He wanted to write the truth about what he had experienced: the Soviet system destroying its own people. Instead he was sent to prison and his writings were ...
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Daughters of a Yiddish author persecuted by communists hit wall over return of works
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Free after a decade in Soviet labor camps, Yiddish author Naftali Herts Kon believed he was entering the free world when in 1959 he took his wife and daughters to Poland to start a new life.
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Simulator to train Polish police for Euro 2012
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? A state-of-the-art simulator will be used to help train Polish police to face crisis situations like rowdy football crowds during next year's European Championship.
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Simulator to train Polish police for Euro 2012
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -A state-of-the-art simulator will be used to help train Polish police to face crisis situations like rowdy football crowds during next year's European Championship.
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