Polish PM Tries to Head Off Dispute Over WW2 Claims
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KRYNICA, Poland  - Polish leader Marek Belka tried  to head off a controversy with Berlin over World War II  reparations after Poland's parliament caused anger in Germany  by declaring Poles were still owed for wartime losses.
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BRUSSELS -- Poland and Germany clashed yesterday over how to revive Europe's stalled constitution amid growing signs that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was unwilling to accept Polish demands to maximize its power in an expanded European Union.
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Germany turned up the heat on Poland in a clash over reforms of the European Union on Friday, threatening to launch negotiations on a new treaty without Warsaw's assent.
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BERLIN - German and Polish politicians have played down a resolution by the Polish parliament calling on the government to take legal action aimed at making Germany pay war reparations for Nazi Germany&#39;s World War II invasion of Poland.
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Ukraine's president and PM are to meet again to try to end a crisis over a bid to seize control of 40,000 troops.
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Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka confirmed that the 2,500 Polish troops in Iraq would be progressively withdrawn starting from January next year and would not stay &quot;an hour longer than needed.&quot;
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Poland is to hold a regional referendum to try and defuse a row with the EU and environmentalists.
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Poland considers the questions of World War II reparations closed, Warsaw's ambassador to Germany said in comments published Sunday, indicating that his government won't follow a call by lawmakers to seek compensation from Germany.
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Poland's opposition on Thursday   increased the pressure on the conservative government to quit,   but it remained unclear whether it had the strength to force   snap polls in a parliamentary showdown set for next month.
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The Polish government last night rejected a demand by MPs that it should seek compensation from Germany for its actions during the Second World War.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski  will invite leaders of all political parties next week to  discuss a plan to host elements of a U.S. anti-missile shield,  officials said on Wednesday.
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WARSAW Struggling with high unemployment and opposition here to the war in Iraq, Poland&#39;s minority leftist government, led by Marek Belka, on Thursday was trying to head off defeat in a vote of confidence by making last- minute deals to stay in power
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Ukraine &#39;s prime minister has challenged his foe to a public debate ahead of the 26 December presidential elections aimed at resolving this former Soviet republic&#39;s bitter political feud.
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Poland is to hold a regional referendum to try to defuse a row with the EU and environmentalists.
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Poland softened its public tone on the eve of a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a reform of the bloc's institutions but Britain angered its partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.
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The speaker of the Polish parliament said Monday a parliamentary resolution calling for war reparations from Germany would not harm bilateral relations.
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Berlin and Warsaw have moved closer to  ending a row over Germany's plans to mark the expulsion of  millions of Germans from eastern Europe after World War Two, a  subject that has strained relations for years.