Poland marks anniversary of martial law
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Poland's president on Wednesday led muted ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by communist-era authorities as prosecutors pushed ahead with a case against the former leader ...Comment
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An anti-terrorism law that allows Polish authorities to shoot down hijacked planes as a last resort took effect Thursday, part of efforts to protect the country from attacks similar to those of Sept.
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Festivities are beginning in Ukraine to mark the 60th anniversary of Ukraine s liberation from the Nazi invaders.
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The Polish government on Monday tried to defuse a crisis on the country's eastern EU border, where truckers are facing days of jams amid a wage protest by customs officers.
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Ukrainians are to gather in Kiev to mark seven years since the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.
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Bells gently tolled as Ukrainian and foreign dignitaries on Wednesday commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of Jews at the Babi Yar ravine, placing flower-encircled candles at the foot of a giant monument to the tens of thousands of victims.
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Jewish leaders and Warsaw officials lit the candles of a large menorah in the center of the capital on Monday for Hanukkah, a rare public observance of a Jewish holiday in Poland.
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A military parade in Kiev marks the 60th anniversary of Ukraine's liberation from Nazi occupation.
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Forty government delegations will attend the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland, the Polish News Agency (PAP) reported on Wednesday.
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BEIJING - Martial law was declared in a town in central China after at least four people died in rioting, residents said on Monday.
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GENEVA: Tears flowed as the United Nations marked the first anniversary yesterday of the bombing that shattered its Baghdad headquarters.
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Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their uprising Tuesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat
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Fire crews and community leaders take part in events to mark the first anniversary of the Buncefield explosion.
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Events marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi troops were held in the Polish capital on Monday.
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Poland's president said Wednesday he will attend the commemorations of the end of World War II in May in Moscow, but said the notorious 1939 pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union should be condemned at ...
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Chile marks the anniversary of the 1973 military coup, as protests erupt in the capital, Santiago.
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Ukraine quietly marked the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution on Wednesday, with both supporters and opponents of the mass protests pausing to recall an event that all agree changed this former Soviet republic.