Four Polish hikers killed by lightning
July 29th, 2012 - 10:03 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) Four people hiking in mountains in southern Poland were killed by lightning, BBC reported.The four -- a couple in their 50s, their daughter and her boyfriend ... Read more...
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Six killed in Poland train collision
March 4th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, March 4 (IANS) At least six people were killed and about 50 injured after two trains collided in southern Poland Saturday, said local officials.According to polish TV, the accident ... Read more...
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Six killed as trains collide in Poland (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, March 4 (IANS) At least six people were killed and nearly 50 injured in southern Poland after two trains had a head-on collision Saturday, said local officials.According to polish ... Read more...
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14 killed in Poland train collision (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, March 4 (IANS) Fourteen people have died in a train collision in southern Poland, the interior ministry said. Sixty people were injured.Hundreds of firefighters and policemen were working on ... Read more...
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Fire destroys shoes of Nazi victims at Polish museum
August 10th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Aug 10 (DPA) A fire Monday night destroyed some 7,000 shoes of Nazi victims at a former death camp in Majdanek, southern Poland, local media reported Tuesday.
The fire broke out at ... Read more...
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No winner in Polish presidential elections: Exit poll
June 21st, 2010 - 5:07 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, June 21 (DPA) Exit polls suggested that there would be no clear winner in Sunday's Polish presidential election, requiring a second round of voting.
None of the candidates got above 50 percent ... Read more...
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Polish police recover Monet painting
January 13th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Jan 13 (DPA) Police in Poland have recovered a painting by French impressionist Claude Monet that was stolen nine years ago from a national museum and have detained a suspect, officials ... Read more...
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Daisy wreaks havoc across Europe
January 11th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Jan 10 (DPA) Low-pressure system Daisy led to more deaths, travel chaos and power cuts Sunday, as Europe remained in the grip of severe snowfall and icy temperatures.
Over the weekend, at ... Read more...
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12 killed in Polish coal mine fire (Lead)
September 18th, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Sep 18 (DPA) Twelve miners were killed and some 16 were hospitalised with burns after a fire in the KWK Wujek Slask coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday.
Fifteen ... Read more...
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Seven killed, 30 injured in Polish coal mine fire
September 18th, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Sep 18 (DPA) Seven miners were killed and about 30 suffered burns in a fire in the Wujek coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday.
Rescuers were attempting to save ... Read more...
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Nazi-era prisoners’ message found in bottle
April 28th, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (RIA Novosti) Construction workers at a Nazi-era concentration camp in southern Poland have found a bottle containing a message by some of the prisoners.
Auschwitz camp was the largest of ... Read more...
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Foreign investments transform once coal-rich Polish region
March 11th, 2009 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
By Dominika Maslikowski
Gliwice (Poland), March 11 (DPA) The Gliwice mine in southern Poland no longer produces the coal that made the region known as an industrial powerhouse during communism. The mine's smoky ... Read more...
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US can accept a Swat style truce in Afghanistan: Gates
February 21st, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
Krakow, Feb 21 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that Washington could accept a political agreement between the Afghanistan Government and the Taliban along the lines of the truce ... Read more...
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Body of woman recovered in Poland dates back to 6,500 years
September 3rd, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Warsaw (Poland), September 3 (ANI): The remains of a 30-year-old woman, which date back to 6,500 years, have been found at an archeological excavation in Pinczow, in the Swietokrzyska region, in ... Read more...
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Poland’s secret museum to house new dinosaur
August 7th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) Poland is to open a secretly built museum to exhibit the remains of a newly discovered carnivorous dinosaur, nicknamed the "dragon", the Daily Telegraph has reported. The 200-million-year-old ... Read more...
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