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Jul 23 2008, AP

Poland and the U.S. took a step on Wednesday toward resolving a dispute over Warsaw’s demands for defense aid in exchange for accepting part of an American missile defense system.

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Jul 23 2008 by AP0 Comments

Polish and U.S. officials are holding talks on Warsaw’s demands for defense aid in exchange for placing part of an American missile defense system in Poland.

 
 
Jul 22 2008 by AP0 Comments

A newborn baby girl died after being thrown from a third-story window in the Polish capital, apparently by a drunken relative, police said Tuesday.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

Solidarity activist Bronislaw Geremek was honored by hundreds at a funeral Mass in Warsaw’s historic old town Monday, with former President Lech Walesa calling him “the greatest of all Poles.”

 
 
Jul 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Prosecutors have charged 12 people in connection with the deadly 2006 winter roof collapse that killed 65 people at an exhibition hall in southern Poland.

 
 
Jul 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

Bronislaw Geremek _ who was a key figure in the Solidarity trade union that helped topple communism, and went on to become Poland’s foreign minister _ was killed in a car accident Sunday, police said. He was 76.

 
 
Jul 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

For more than six decades, the family of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly had no way of being certain he was killed when his bomber smashed into a rocky cliff in Croatia in World War II.

 
 
Jul 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

For more than six decades, the family of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly had no way of being certain he was killed when his bomber smashed into a rocky cliff in Croatia in World War II.

 
 
Jul 9 2008 by AP1 Comments

A huge cache of undetonated World War II ammunition and explosives was found near a public beach in northern Poland and is being destroyed, an official said Wednesday.

 
 
Jul 8 2008 by AP0 Comments

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain would carry out the Bush administration’s missile defense plans in Poland if he were elected.

 
 
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Mar 5 2008 by David0 Comments

If this car actually went into production there would be two things happening on one hand there would be a huge queue of young girls wanting to buy one and on the hand there would be more people shouting out “Why?”

In either case this is not...

 
 
Feb 14 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

A Polish Expo pavilion is being designed to suit the architectural grandeur of Poland albeit in a different way. Away from conventional folkloric patterns, the décor of the pavilion will exhibit the contemporary interpretation of the tradition of...

 
 
Feb 1 2008 by Somya0 Comments

There are some fine pieces of architecture that hit the eye, boggle the mind and get registered in memory for life. Such is the Warsaw modern art museum. It is a sight to preserve and a place to reserve whenever in life you head to Poland for display...

 
 
Jan 8 2008 by Mandira0 Comments

Poland is thinking twice before committing itself in hosting a US anti-missile defense system on its territory. Polands Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said,
The new Warsaw government was not prepared to accept US plans to deploy part of its anti...

 
 
Oct 22 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s gamble has failed. He had called for earlier elections in the hope of getting a bigger majority, which would have enabled to do without the support of inconsequential little corruption-tainted and political stupid parties....

 
 
Oct 8 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

Two weeks later Poland goes to national elections and the fight for power has been stretched to as far as Britain. The entire phenomenon of Polish politicians and candidates flying out to the UK to amass support from the expatriates is a novel one but...

 
 
Sep 20 2007 by Vinod0 Comments

With US-Russian changing expressions and grins replacing smiles, it seems pretty odd that both will enjoy the tangible profits of mutual understating. And when Russia said it wont amass arms, it seems ridiculous, but its not.

More arms denote...

 
 
Sep 20 2007 by Rajni0 Comments

Planning the European vacation? Think again! Airfares might be getting affordable but if you get to destinations like Moscow, New York, Venice and London, there is a possibility that you might not get a room to stay. Yes, this is true! Internet...

 
 
Sep 16 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

Poland faces elections on October 21, two years earlier than its scheduled time. The man responsible for that, and who is at the centre of Polish politics today, is Jaroslaw Kaczynski- the outgoing prime minister.

He is finding the going tough this...

 
 
Sep 9 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

After the end of communist rule, Poland has never seen economic prosperity nor enjoyed political stability. Uncertainty continues in the country as the Polish parliament or Sejm voted by a two-third majority to dissolve itself.

The coalition...

 
 
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