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...Nazis I was stunned to see the term "Polish labor camp" in the Milestone on the death of Navajo code talker Frank Sanache [Sept. 6]. The Nazis organized and ran the German concentration, labor and POW camps of World War II (including the one in what is now Poland where Sanache was imprisoned). We need to preserve the truth about atrocities committed by the Nazis instead of creating harmful stereotypes that involve Poland. Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the U.S. Washington A New Legitimacy Needed Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
...Poland: New Car Sales in Free Fall Used cars from Western Europe have been flooding into Poland since it joined the E.U. on May 1, delighting consumers but worrying authorities. New car sales since accession have dropped by almost 20% from the same period last year. Such trade used to be stymied by a ban on cars that didn't meet exhaust emission standards, and wrecks that could no longer be driven, but with E.U. regulations ending the restrictions, nearly 400,000 used cars entered Poland between May and August - 25 times more than in the first four months...
...FRANCE Antiterror officials arrested five suspected Islamic militants thought to be linked to a Moroccan man under investigation investigation in connection with the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. Four of the five, who were detained in the eastern Alsace region, were later reportedly released without charge. No Amends Needed POLAND The government said it would not be seeking reparations from Germany for losses suffered during World War II, despite a parliamentary resolution asking it do so. Prime Minister Marek Belka said the issue of compensation was "closed." The government did agree to set up a commission to evaluate the losses...
Actually, it is a Gehry creation. And he is just the tip of this vodka's pedigree. Each bottle is the product of a single farm in Poland, where the rye is grown, harvested and distilled on the premises. Whether all this effort adds anything to the flavor is debatable, but it does provide a conversation topic at a chic cocktail party generously underwritten by the vodka's parent, the spirits giant Pernod Ricard...
Security was tight at Madison Square Garden—so tight that employees at concession stands on Tuesday night refused to sell bottles of Poland Spring water with caps on them...