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US detainee Zubaydah sues Poland in European court
A Guantanamo detainee who allegedly revealed valuable information about 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohamed is suing Poland in a European court.
19 Polish miners rescued after 7-hour search
Nineteen miners trapped nearly a kilometer (half a mile) below ground by a cave-in at a copper mine in southern Poland were freed early Wednesday ...
US reassures Poland over missile defense changes
A U.S. plan to deploy missile defense interceptors to Poland and Romania has been a source of assurance to Washington's allies, who welcome further ...
Russia unmoved by US missile defense plan change
A top Russian diplomat says the United States' cancellation of a critical part of its European missile defense system plan doesn't mollify Moscow's ...
Missile plan changes may provide opening for talks
By adding 14 interceptors to a missile defense system based in Alaska and California, the U.S. is abandoning a critical part of a European system ...
LOT's grounded 787s set to fly this summer
Poland's state-owned airline said Friday that its two grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be among the first to resume flights, possibly in the summer
Walesa avoids hate crime charge for anti-gay words
Polish prosecutors say they will not charge former President Lech Walesa with hate crimes for recent remarks deemed offensive to gays. Walesa, a ...
Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
A Jewish history museum in Warsaw has unveiled a reconstructed synagogue roof with an elaborately painted ceiling modeled on a 17th-century structure, ...
Poland philharmonic employee charged in killings
An employee of a philharmonic in western Poland was charged with murder in the double homicide of a young female harpist and a security guard inside ...
Polish police arrest man in philharmonic killings
A Polish official says a suspect has been arrested in the killing of a young female harpist and a security guard in the building of a philharmonic in ...
Poland aims to pave way for 2015 climate deal
Hoping to win over EU critics of Poland's recent stance on climate change, the environment minister said Friday that the coal-powered nation will make ...
Pole taken to hospital with screwdriver in head
Polish doctors say a 25-year-old man has undergone a three-hour operation to remove a screwdriver lodged about five centimeters (two inches) into his ...
2 bodies found at Polish philharmonic
Polish authorities have launched a double homicide investigation after the bodies of a harpist and a security guard were found in a building housing ...
Opposition uses tablet to speak out in parliament
In Poland, speaking out in parliament is a privilege mostly reserved for lawmakers, but the opposition has skirted that regulation with the help of ...
Poland lowers key interest rate to 3.25 percent
The National Bank of Poland lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point to a record low of 3.25 percent on Wednesday, a surprise move ...
Polish lawmakers protest Walesa's anti-gay rant
Poland's first openly gay and transsexual lawmakers took seats on the front bench of Parliament Wednesday to protest hostile remarks by former ...
Poland returns Yiddish writer's works to daughters
The daughters of a Yiddish writer persecuted under communism reclaimed copies of his works on Tuesday following a prolonged legal fight with a Polish ...
Quaint Finnish homes in Warsaw face destruction
Nearby the big city rumbles, but one feels almost transported to a quiet forest village when standing amid a colony of Finnish wooden houses in ...
Catholics ponder future with new pope
Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next ...
Lech Walesa shocks Poland with anti-gay words
Lech Walesa, the Polish democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner, has sparked outrage in Poland by saying that gays have no right to a prominent ...
2 women save bus in Poland when its driver faints
Two passengers who saved a bus that went out of control when its driver passed out in Poland have become local heroes. Many of the 20 people aboard ...
Polish economy grew annual 1.1 percent in Q4
Official figures show that Poland's economy grew a better-than-expected 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 from the same period the previous ...
Poland finds horse meat DNA in beef samples
One of Poland's top veterinarians said Thursday that traces of horse-meat DNA have been found in beef samples taken from three meat processors — the ...
After meatballs, Ikea withdraws sausages
After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed "a few indications of ...
Poland emerging as major European outsourcing hub
The first time Javier Bofarull Marques left Spain for Poland, it was for love. It was 2006, a boom time in Spain, and his friends thought he was crazy