Poles

APNewsBreak: Poles urged to probe CIA prison acts (AP)

September 21st, 2010

FILE - This Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 file photo shows the control tower of the airport in Szymany, in northeastern Poland. Prosecutors are investigating possible abuse of power by Polish public officials in connection with the closed CIA black site near the secluded Szymany airport in northeast Poland. Flight logs trace several landings of planes linked to the CIA there. A human rights organization and lawyers for a Saudi man accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole demanded Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010 that Polish prosecutors investigate the terror suspect's detention and treatment at a CIA prison once housed in Poland. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is the first detainee subjected to the CIA's detention and interrogation program who has taken legal action in Poland, said Amrit Singh, the Open Society Justice Initiative's senior legal officer. (AP Photo, File) ** POLAND OUT **AP - A human rights organization and lawyers for a Saudi man accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole demanded Tuesday that Polish prosecutors investigate the terror suspect’s…

Poles to pick president in final round of voting (AP)

July 4th, 2010

Poles vote Sunday in an election forced by the air-crash death of conservative president Lech Kaczynski, in what looks to be a tight race between his bereaved twin and acting president Bronislaw Komorowski, pictured(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AP - Poles vote Sunday in a presidential runoff election that pits the identical twin brother of the last head of state, who was killed in a plane crash, against…

Poles pick successor to president killed in crash (AP)

June 20th, 2010

A man holds a child as he leaves a polling booth to vote in presidential elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, June 20, 2010. More than two months after Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash, Poles are voting to choose his successor. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - More than two months after Poland’s president was killed in a plane crash, Poles are voting Sunday to choose his successor. Polls show that his surviving twin brother…

Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash (AP)

April 11th, 2010

Volunteers carry candles in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010, after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday April, 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Poland’s government moved swiftly Sunday to show that it was staying on course after the deaths of its president and dozens of political, military and religious leaders, even…

Poles go silent to mourn crash deaths (AP)

April 11th, 2010

A mourner prays in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010, after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday April, 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Thousands of people stood silent in the streets of Poland’s cities Sunday, in a silent memorial to President Lech Kaczynski and the other 95 people killed in a…

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