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Poland Detains Russian Hockey Player Suspected Of Spying For Moscow
The Russian national was arrested on June 11 in the Silesian region in southern Poland, the government said, without providing details about the hockey team the suspect played on.
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Ukrainian Man Sets Self On Fire Outside Consulate In Poland
A Ukrainian man was admitted to hospital on Thursday with life-threatening injuries after setting himself on fire outside his country's consulate in southern Poland, police said.
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Nepal To Deport Polish Everest Climber After Illegal Tibet Crossing
Janusz Adam Adamski climbed the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, in May from the northern route in Tibet before descending on the southern side into Nepal.
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Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo Flown To Warsaw Hospital After Car Crash
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo was hurt when her car struck a tree in a crash in southern Poland on Friday, and she was flown by helicopter to a Warsaw hospital as a row broke out over security surrounding top government figures.
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Russia Warns Of Retaliation As NATO Plans More Deployments In Eastern Europe
Russia will reinforce its western and southern flanks with three new divisions by the year-end, officials said on Wednesday, threatening retaliation to NATO's plans to boost its military presence in eastern members Poland and the Baltic States.
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More Than 150 Poles Hospitalised After Taking Drug: Police
More than 150 people have been hospitalised after taking a drug called "strongman" in southern Poland, police said today.
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Pop Star Katy Perry Visits Auschwitz Death Camp
US pop princess Katy Perry said Thursday she was full of emotion as she visited Auschwitz, the infamous World War II -era Nazi German death camp in southern Poland that has come to symbolise the Holocaust.
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Eleven Killed, One Hurt in Small Plane Crash in Poland
Eleven people were killed and one was injured when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff in southern Poland, firefighters said Saturday.
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Polish workers rescued after mine collapse
19 miners were pulled alive and well from a copper mine in southern Poland on Wednesday after a small earthquake trapped them 600 metres below the surface late the previous night.
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Airport in this country closed after plane skidded off runway
An airport spokesman says teams of experts are working to free a Boeing 737 airplane from a muddy field after it skidded off the runway while landing in Katowice, southern Poland.
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As parked 787s multiply, Boeing cash drain worries grow
Paine Field Airport, next door to Boeing Co's widebody plant north of Seattle, is getting crowded as 10 new 787 Dreamliners flank the runway, sparkling with contrasting and colorful liveries, including Poland's LOT, Britain's Thomson Airways and China Southern Airlines.
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Youngest 'Schindler's List' survivor dies at 83
Leon Leyson, who was the youngest of 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by Oscar Schindler, has died in Southern California at 83.
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Fifteen dead, 60 injured in Poland train collision
Fifteen people were reported dead in a head-on train crash in Szczekociny, southern Poland, Polish emergency services said on Sunday. "We know that 15 people are dead. Unfortunately we have not yet been able to remove the body of the last victim," said Pawel Fratczak, a spokesman for firefighters, of the accident that occurred late Saturday.
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Two small planes crash in Poland, 6 dead
Authorities in Poland report two small planes have crashed within half an hour in separate accidents in the southern part of the country, killing six people.
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Poland Detains Russian Hockey Player Suspected Of Spying For Moscow
The Russian national was arrested on June 11 in the Silesian region in southern Poland, the government said, without providing details about the hockey team the suspect played on.
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Ukrainian Man Sets Self On Fire Outside Consulate In Poland
A Ukrainian man was admitted to hospital on Thursday with life-threatening injuries after setting himself on fire outside his country's consulate in southern Poland, police said.
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Nepal To Deport Polish Everest Climber After Illegal Tibet Crossing
Janusz Adam Adamski climbed the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, in May from the northern route in Tibet before descending on the southern side into Nepal.
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Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo Flown To Warsaw Hospital After Car Crash
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo was hurt when her car struck a tree in a crash in southern Poland on Friday, and she was flown by helicopter to a Warsaw hospital as a row broke out over security surrounding top government figures.
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Russia Warns Of Retaliation As NATO Plans More Deployments In Eastern Europe
Russia will reinforce its western and southern flanks with three new divisions by the year-end, officials said on Wednesday, threatening retaliation to NATO's plans to boost its military presence in eastern members Poland and the Baltic States.
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More Than 150 Poles Hospitalised After Taking Drug: Police
More than 150 people have been hospitalised after taking a drug called "strongman" in southern Poland, police said today.
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Pop Star Katy Perry Visits Auschwitz Death Camp
US pop princess Katy Perry said Thursday she was full of emotion as she visited Auschwitz, the infamous World War II -era Nazi German death camp in southern Poland that has come to symbolise the Holocaust.
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Eleven Killed, One Hurt in Small Plane Crash in Poland
Eleven people were killed and one was injured when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff in southern Poland, firefighters said Saturday.
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Polish workers rescued after mine collapse
19 miners were pulled alive and well from a copper mine in southern Poland on Wednesday after a small earthquake trapped them 600 metres below the surface late the previous night.
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Airport in this country closed after plane skidded off runway
An airport spokesman says teams of experts are working to free a Boeing 737 airplane from a muddy field after it skidded off the runway while landing in Katowice, southern Poland.
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As parked 787s multiply, Boeing cash drain worries grow
Paine Field Airport, next door to Boeing Co's widebody plant north of Seattle, is getting crowded as 10 new 787 Dreamliners flank the runway, sparkling with contrasting and colorful liveries, including Poland's LOT, Britain's Thomson Airways and China Southern Airlines.
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Youngest 'Schindler's List' survivor dies at 83
Leon Leyson, who was the youngest of 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by Oscar Schindler, has died in Southern California at 83.
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Fifteen dead, 60 injured in Poland train collision
Fifteen people were reported dead in a head-on train crash in Szczekociny, southern Poland, Polish emergency services said on Sunday. "We know that 15 people are dead. Unfortunately we have not yet been able to remove the body of the last victim," said Pawel Fratczak, a spokesman for firefighters, of the accident that occurred late Saturday.
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Two small planes crash in Poland, 6 dead
Authorities in Poland report two small planes have crashed within half an hour in separate accidents in the southern part of the country, killing six people.
