SUMMARY: Poland Opens Communist-Era Files
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HISTORY REVISITED: Poles getting their first look at secret police files from the communist era are shocked to see a famous Solidarity activist among the alleged informers.
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KATYN, Russia  - President Lech Kaczynski signaled on Monday he wanted a fresh start in Poland's strained relations with Moscow when he visited the Russian forest where thousands of Polish officers were executed in 1940.
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PARIS, June 8 -- A European investigator said he has "factually established" that Poland and Romania allowed the CIA to operate secret prisons where alleged al-Qaeda operatives were detained and interrogated, according to documents presented Friday to Europe's official human rights organization.
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PRAGUE, Dec 27 (IPS) - Poland has woken up to the possibility that its  troops in Afghanistan were involved in a war crime against  defenceless civilians.
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WARSAW -- The new scandal mesmerizing Poland seems lifted from a Cold War dossier: Spies, oil traders, a polo player, and a billionaire are tangled in a rumored plot by Moscow to manipulate its smaller neighbor.
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The CIA is to make public hundreds of documents about some of its worst abuses from the 1950s to 1970s.
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Europe's papers today grapple with an empty handed WMD hunt, French occupation revisionism and Basque separatism
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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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The Vatican opened part of its secret archives Monday to let historians review millions of diplomatic letters, private correspondence and other church documents to gain insight into how the Holy See dealt with the growing persecution of Jews before World War II.
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PRAGUE -- Ronald Reagan used it to reach out to the Soviets during the Cold War. Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland's Solidarity movement, likened it to the sun lighting the earth. Rock band R.E.M. immortalized it in a cynical hit song.
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PRAGUE, Oct 25 (IPS) - The change of government in Poland heralds a new  era in its cooperation with the European Union, and changes are  also expected in Warsaw's policies towards both Russia and  the United States.
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What's the difference between Poland in World War II and 2007?
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WARSAW, Poland  - A Polish legislature panel investigating allegations of high-level bribery broadened its mission this week, demanding the release of communist-era secret files on President Aleksander Kwasniewski and 31 other officials.
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The BBC's James Rodgers watches Russia's Communist Party relive past glories - and asks what new it can offer.
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The newly released Polish edition of a book by a Princeton University professor has dredged up painful memories here, forcing the country to confront a difficult chapter in its history: the deaths of Jews at the hands of Poles in the aftermath of World War II.
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A Roman Catholic archbishop was listed as an agent for the former communist-era secret service, according to an official from a government institute that is making the service's files public.
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