| June 2, 2007 | - A Polish man who had been comatose since Communist rule awoke.
| Source:
BBC
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| January 24, 2007 | - Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish reporter and author of several acclaimed works of nonfiction, including The Soccer War, died.
| Source:
BBC
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| July 10, 2006 | -
Poland's president appointed his twin brother to serve as prime minister.
| Source:
Bloomberg
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| January 30, 2006 | - In southern Poland, 66 people were crushed to death when an exhibition hall collapsed during an international pigeon fanciers' fair.
| Source:
The New York Times
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| January 3, 2006 | -
Russia shut down a natural-gas pipeline to Ukraine; as a result, natural-gas supplies were diminished in Hungary, France, Italy, Poland, and Germany.
| Source:
BBC News
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| September 24, 2005 | - In Poland an 18-month-old child ran over three family members with a car.
| Source:
Reuters
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| August 27, 2005 | -
Europe, previously burning, was flooding. Floods killed 33 people in Romania, and parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria, and Poland were under water.
| Source:
BBC News
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| January 29, 2005 | - World leaders gathered in Poland to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where Dick Cheney was criticized for wearing a green parka with fur trim instead of the more somber black coats everyone else had on.
| Source: The Chicago Sun Times
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| January 20, 2005 | - A poll of thousands of people in 21 countries revealed that just 26 percent consider Bush a positive global force. Three quarters of respondents in France and Germany and 64 percent of Britons felt that U.S. actions would have a negative impact on the world, and for the first time it appeared that an international dislike of Bush is metamorphosing into a dislike of Americans in general. The three countries that approved of Bush's reelection were the Philippines, Poland, and India.
| Source: The Guardian
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| November 18, 2004 | - Strong winds killed seven in Poland.
| Source:
Disaster Relief
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| October 20, 2004 | - Two Polish doctors and two ambulance workers were charged with murder for killing patients in exchange for kickbacks from funeral homes.
| Source: Associated Press
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| October 16, 2004 | -
Poland said that it will begin reducing its forces in Iraq next year.
| Source: New York Times
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| March 19, 2004 | - The president of Poland acknowledged publicly that the United States "deceived us about the weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. "We were taken for a ride," he said.
| Source: Agence France-Presse
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| July 16, 2003 | - A German tourist was arrested for trying to steal a crematorium door from a former Nazi
death camp in Poland.
| Source: Associated Press
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| July 3, 2003 | -
Poland's foreign minister admitted that his country sent troops to Iraq because it wanted to obtain direct access to Iraqi oil supplies.
| Source: BBC
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| May 22, 2001 | - Former president Bill Clinton was struck by a raw egg in Poland.
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