Marines assault Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday, the launch of a new operation to uproot Taliban fighters from a longtime base and provide security for next week’s presidential election. US, NATO deaths from bombings spike 6-fold in Afghanistan; 3 more US troops killedKABUL — U.S. and NATO deaths from roadside and suicide bomb blasts in Afghanistan soared six-fold in July compared with the same month last year, as militants detonated the highest number of bombs of the eight-year war, figures released Tuesday showed. Old grievances aside, Poles and Germans rebury some 2,000 WWII victims found in mass graveMALBORK, Poland —Germans and Poles are laying ghosts of World War II to rest this week — more than 2,000 of them. Poland’s leaders, veterans mark 65 years since Warsaw revolted against occupying NazisWARSAW, Poland — To the sounds of the national anthem, Poland’s leaders and World War II veterans paid silent honor Saturday to the fighters of Warsaw’s 1944 uprising against the city’s Nazi occupiers. US considering European missile defense alternatives to planned Polish and Czech systemWASHINGTON — A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the United States is considering options for European missile defense other than current plans for a system based in Poland and the Czech Republic. Dalai Lama named honorary citizen of Warsaw in recognition of campaign for Tibet’s autonomyDHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was Wednesday made an honorary citizen of the Polish capital Warsaw, his aides said here. Senate takes stand on concessions to Russia on nuclear reduction treatyWASHINGTON — The Senate is making it clear to the Obama administration that it will look askance at concessions, particularly on missile defense, that the United States might make to conclude a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. Pakistani police detain 2, including former lawmaker, in beheading of Polish geologistISLAMABAD — Pakistani police have detained a former lawmaker and a suspected Taliban militant in connection with the beheading of a Polish geologist kidnapped near the Afghan border last year, a police official said Sunday. 10 people killed in violent storms in Poland, Czech Republic and GermanyWARSAW, Poland — Seven people have died in violent storms in Poland, two in the Czech Republic and one in Germany, authorities said Friday. 7 people killed in violent storms in PolandWARSAW, Poland — Authorities in Poland say seven people have died in violent storms. Poland’s Gdansk shipyard must slash capacity to keep euro251 million in subsidiesBRUSSELS — Poland’s Gdansk shipyard must slash capacity in return for EU approval to keep euro251 million ($357 million) in government subsidies, the European Commission said Wednesday. Warsaw market traders confront bailiffs over eviction attemptWARSAW, Poland — Traders at a Warsaw market clashed Tuesday with police and other officials trying to evict them from the hall where their stalls are located, leaving 12 officers injured. Polish anti-Marxist philosopher Leszek Kolakowski dies at 81WARSAW, Poland — Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher and historian whose decision to disavow Marxism pushed him into exile and made him an inspiration for his nation’s struggle against communism — has died. He was 81. Polish leaders back appeal to Obama to remember eastern Europe as he improves ties with RussiaWARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister and president say they back an appeal by former Eastern European leaders to President Barack Obama urging him not to overlook them as he pursues better ties with Russia. Eastern Europeans urge Obama to remember their interests as he resets ties with RussiaWARSAW, Poland — A group of prominent former Eastern European leaders wrote to President Barack Obama on Thursday that their region is gripped by anxiety that his efforts to reach out to Russia could lead him to forget their interests. Ex-Polish PM elected as European Parliament first member from eastern EuropeSTRASBOURG, France — The European Parliament elected Jerzy Buzek as its president Tuesday, making the ex-Polish premier and pro-democracy activist the first easterner from a former Communist country to head a major EU institution. Demjanjuk charged with death camp crimes as Germany once again confronts Nazi-era demonsMUNICH — The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter Monday as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany’s highest-profile war crime trials in years — formally charging the retired U.S. auto worker with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people at a Nazi death camp. Retired auto worker John Demjanjuk charged with 27,900 counts of acting as accessory to murderMUNICH — The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany’s highest-profile war crime trials in years — formally charging the retired U.S. auto worker with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people at a Nazi death camp. Medvedev reiterates threat to deploy missiles near Poland if US goes ahead with missile shieldMOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia will still deploy missiles near Poland if the United States pushes ahead with a missile shield in Eastern Europe. Official says nuclear weapons agreement expected from summit in MoscowMOSCOW — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship. Construction starts on new Jewish history museum in WarsawWARSAW, Poland — For the second time in two years, Polish officials began building a new museum of Jewish history in Warsaw on Tuesday that they hope will become a major cultural landmark. Poland signs $550 million gas deal with QatargasWARSAW, Poland — Poland signed a $550 million contract with Qatargas on Monday to receive 1.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year over 20 years, officials said. Matchmaker, Sabbath cook, spiritual guide _ a gay rabbi leads a Jewish revival in PolandWARSAW, Poland — When Rabbi Aaron Katz walks the streets of Warsaw’s former Jewish quarter, scenes of that lost world fill his imagination: Families headed to synagogue, women in their kitchens cooking Sabbath meals, his father as a boy with the sidecurls of an Orthodox Jew. Poland wants to talk to Michigan man about WWII atrocities; he says ‘I’ve done nothing wrong’TROY, Mich. — An 88-year-old man living in Michigan who is now the subject of a criminal investigation in Poland into allegations he shot Jews while working in a Nazi-controlled police unit during World War II insists he did nothing wrong. Polish city ravaged by Nazis wants to cut down tree donated by Hitler; residents want it savedWARSAW, Poland — The towering tree is believed to have been Adolf Hitler’s gift to the occupied town of Jaslo — planted to the sound of a Nazi band during World War II. German officer who saved ‘The Pianist’ Wladyslaw Szpilman from Nazi holocaust honoredBERLIN — German officer Wilhelm “Wilm” Hosenfeld saved two Jews from the Nazi Holocaust, including Wladyslaw Szpilman, whose story was the basis of the Oscar-winning film “The Pianist.” But he died in obscurity in a Soviet prison after World War II. Police in Poland say boy, 8, saved family from fire after he was unable to wake drunk adultsWARSAW, Poland — Police in Poland say an 8-year-old boy saved his sister and three drunk adults from a fire by calling police and fighting the flames before help arrived. The fire started outside the door of the boy’s apartment in the western town of Miedzyrzecz late Monday. Thousands of gay rights activists march through Rome; smaller parades in Warsaw, ZagrebROME — Tens of thousands of gay rights activists demanding rights for same-sex couples marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday in a gay pride parade. Woman defends her book on Pope John Paul II’s friendship, says it’s not delaying beatificationWARSAW, Poland — To him, she was “My Dear Dusia” and he signed his letters “Br” — short for brother. Polish woman defends her book on John Paul’s friendship, says it’s not delaying beatificationWARSAW, Poland — To him, she was “My Dear Dusia” and he signed his letters “Br” — short for brother. |
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