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Suspected Nazi death camp guard charged for murders of 430,000 Jews

A SUSPECTED Nazi death camp guard has been charged over the murders of 430,000 Jews.

Biometric ATM gives cash via 'finger vein' scan

Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM -- allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip.

Pop star claims Bible written by drunks

Matthew Day Telegraph 05/07/2010
Pop star claims Bible written by drunks

One of Poland's most famous and controversial pop stars faces two years in gaol after suggesting that the Bible was written by drunks and people with a fondness for "herbal cigarettes".

Polish MP: Russia caused air crash that killed President Kaczynski

Polish MP Artur Gorski claims the Russian government intervened in the landing of the Polish president's plane to prevent him from attending a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, causing the aircraft to crash.

Ceremonies mark 65th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

Erik Kirschbaum and Ari Rabinowitch National Post 01/27/2010
Poland's president Lech Kaczynski, 96 others, including top officials, die in Russia air crash [PHOTO/VIDEO]

Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of senior Polish officials were killed along with 97 other people on board when the presidential jet crashed in heavy fog in western Russia on Saturday morning.

Ceremonies mark 65th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

BERLIN/OSWIECIM, Poland -- Israeli leaders called Iran a threat to the world on Wednesday, which is International Holocaust Memorial Day, and vowed that the Jewish people would never again fall victim to a fanatical regime.

Israeli PM honours Holocaust victims in Polish capital

WARSAW — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honoured Holocaust victims at a war memorial in the Polish capital Tuesday, the eve of the 65th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's liberation.

Auschwitz sign thieves detained, not neo-Nazis

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Polish police detained five men on Monday for stealing the metal sign that hung over the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, and said they were common thieves, not neo-Nazis.

Neo-Nazis suspected of raid on Auschwitz ‘to rewrite history’

The slickly organised theft of one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust sent a wave of outrage around the world yesterday. The sign that hung over the gates of Auschwitz extermination camp, where more than a million people died during the Second World War, was stolen in minutes.

Polish president ratifies EU reform treaty

WARSAW, Poland — Poland's president approved the European Union reform treaty on Saturday, ratcheting up the pressure on the Czech Republic as the only nation yet to sign off on the agreement designed to sharpen EU decision-making and increase its influence.


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