Polish archeologists prepare WWII items
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An open pocket knife, two Smith and Wesson revolvers, now rusty, and an airman's gilded badge &#151; all flew with the Canadian and British crew of a World War II bomber on its final mission carrying aid for Poland's desperate revolt against the Nazis.
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The project involves scanning books and other works from the Civil War and other eras that have until now been thought too brittle for handling.
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Ivory statues, Buddhist carvings, gold coins and thousands of other precious objects from the Kabul Museum feared stolen or destroyed under Soviet occupation and Taliban rule have been found, an American archaeologist has said.
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The Vatican opens the part of its vast collection of archives covering the run-up to World War II.
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WARSAW, Poland  - Poland's prime minister marked the 65th anniversary of the start of the Second World War on Wednesday, unveiling a new memorial on the spot where a German warship fired the opening shots at a Polish munitions depot, sparking nearly six years of bloody conflict.
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A case before the European Court of Human Rights is being seen as a landmark that could force Poland to compensate Holocaust survivors and their descendants for their material losses.
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Two pieces of Christian art that predate the Holocaust raise questions about anti-Semitism.
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The two worn leather-bound volumes that catalog art looted by the Nazis in France join similar albums at the National Archives.
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Negotiators voiced optimism Thursday that they could reach agreement for Poland to host part of a U.S. missile defense system. A Polish official said a deal could come in the next several months.
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The director of a long-secret archive of Nazi records said Wednesday that preparations for allowing scholars access are moving faster than expected and the entire collection will be ready for research within a year.
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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Isotopes of lead and polonium could help scientists to form more accurate estimates of when people have died.
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OSWIECIM, Poland -- At first, the red-brick barracks look almost respectable, numbered like normal houses along tree-lined paths. But then the gas chamber reveals itself through the wintry fog, and the death wall where prisoners were stripped and shot, and the soil and ponds still full of teeth and crumbled bones from incinerated corpses.
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The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is offering to help survivors and their families navigate a vast Nazi archive that promises to document their persecution and provide clues to the fate of loved ones.
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The Bush administration is optimistic it can strike a deal with Poland to house defensive missiles on Polish soil as part of a missile shield for Europe, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Army bomb experts are examining two suspicious objects in County Londonderrry.
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Poland expects to sign an agreement with  the United States by October to allow parts of a U.S.  anti-missile shield to be built on Polish soil, a Polish  official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.