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SPOTLIGHT: Graduating veteran made mark

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:05:13 -0400

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois - Mat Jasieniecki readily admits that after he graduated from high school, he partied a bit too much, and after a while his grandparents told him to shape up.

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:13:54 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.

Patch offers hope for managing peanut allergies

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:59 -0400

By JESSICA TULLY - Parents love peanut butter for its simplicity; kids love it for its taste.

Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:34 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.

Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:55:43 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business.

Polish walkway named for woman who saved Jews

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:55:41 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a symbolically important spot after her.

Doha Grand Prix Results

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:28:57 -0400

800_1, David Rudisha, Kenya, 1:43.87. 2, Mohammed Aman, Ethiopia, 1:44.21. 3, Job Kinyor, Kenya, 1:44.24. 4, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, France, 1:44.77. 5, Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla, Qatar, 1:44.83. 6, Michael Rimmer, Britain, 1:44.97. 7, Anthony Cheumut, Kenya, 1:45.06. 8, Andrew Osagie, Britain, 1:45.41. 9, Timothy Kitum, Kenya, 1:46.54. Moses Kipkemboi Kibet, Kenya, DNF.

Russia's foreign min defends arms sales to Syria

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:53:14 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - Russia's foreign minister has defended his country's sales of antiaircraft systems to Syria, insisting they are not banned by international law.

Body parts from surgery found buried in Poland

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:41:12 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - Polish prosecutors say they are questioning a man suspected of burying body parts and other medical waste instead of delivering them for incineration.

Poland's shale gas hopes suffer blow

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:06:15 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its deposits of the hydrocarbon will soon cut its dependence on Russian supplies and support the weakening economy.

Poland cuts interest rates as economy slows

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:01:13 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - The National Bank of Poland has cut interest rates to a historic low as the economy continues to slow and inflation is below target.

Huge chocolate white eagle marks Poland's holiday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:55:25 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - A giant white eagle made of chocolate has been placed in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw to mark democratic Poland's young national holiday.

Polish justice minister fired after embryo remarks

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:51:14 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday fired his justice minister, who made comments alleging Germans may be experimenting on Polish embryos from in vitro fertilization procedures.

Cyr: North Korea's actions reminiscent of Cold War

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:54:32 -0400

By ARTHUR I. CYR - "Hitting a bullet with a bullet" aptly describes the challenge of missile defense. North Korea's threats underscore the importance of this technology.