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WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 11:10am neoform

BBC News -- The European Court of Human Rights has awarded a Polish woman 25,000 euros ($33,000; �16,000) in damages after she was refused an abortion. Alicja Tysiac's eyesight worsened drastically after she had her third baby and she fears she may go blind... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Dec 4, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Polish PM Donald Tusk has travelled to Brussels on his first major foreign trip since he took office last month. He has pledged to improve ties with the EU that were strained under Poland's previous Euro-sceptic government led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 22, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- The liberal opposition Civic Platform party is heading for a landslide victory in the Polish general election, with most votes counted. Donald Tusk's pro-EU party has ousted the conservative government of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski that has rule.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 5, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- A Polish author has been jailed over the murder of a businessman, four years after he published a novel which contained details of a similar crime. The court ruled that author Krystian Bala planned and led the murder of Dariusz Janiszewski because he b.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Aug 11, 2007 @ 11:15am neoform

CNN -- Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said he expected early elections in the autumn after his conservative party gave him the green light on Saturday to push for a snap vote to end weeks of political turmoil. Early elections have been on the cards in.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:43pm neoform

CNN -- A 65-year-old railwayman who fell into a coma following an accident in communist Poland regained consciousness 19 years later to find democracy and a market economy, Polish media reported on Saturday. Wheelchair-bound Jan Grzebski, whom doctors had giv.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 11:07am neoform

Al Jazeera -- The current agreement runs out this year and can be extended, but EU officials said that failure to start negotiations would be an embarrassment for both sides.Barroso said he saw "no reasons for a ban against Polish meat. If there was a reason we would n.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 4:21pm neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of demonstrators have marched in the Polish capital, Warsaw, calling for a total ban on abortion even in cases of rape or incest. The 3,000 people joining the rally said it should not even be offered when the pregnancy threatens the mother's.. Read More