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...attacks, which were easily predictable. The extent of resistance faced by coalition troops is understandably troubling. Despite all the obstacles, Bush appears to be patient, strong and determined to see this matter through. And that is why I think his popularity ratings will soon bounce back. Agnieszka Idzik Jaslo, Poland...
...possibly into September. With temperatures regularly nudging - and, in some places, exceeding - 40°C, Europeans faced renewed misery. Train tracks buckled, hundreds of thousands of farm animals died and crops either wilted in the heat or ripened prematurely. Although the fires that ravaged countries from Portugal to Poland were brought largely under control, the cost of the heatwave mounted. The death toll - from both the fires and heat exhaustion - reached at least 36. In Portugal, which battled devastating forest fires, the government appealed to the E.U. for 31 billion in aid. Spinning Around U.K. David Kelly, the scientist...
Since emerging from communist rule more than a decade ago, Poland has become a draw for history-hungry tourists. Its capital, Warsaw, saw the debut last month of its first boutique hotel, the Rialto, situated in a prewar neighborhood just a few hundred yards from where Wladyslaw Szpilman, the hero of The Pianist, hid out after the 1944 uprising (the area is now a busy shopping district). The Rialto is lavishly outfitted, with black-and-white Art Deco furnishings from Warsaw's heyday in the 1920s. Its elevator is modeled on an Orient Express compartment, with red leather seating. There...
...error occurred while processing this directive]International replacements are proving to be something of a problem: Thus far, the U.S. has managed to sign up two contingents, one comprising some 9,200 soldiers led by Poland and composed of smallish detachments from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Mongolia, Fiji, the Dominican Republic and others. Britain will lead a second detachment composed of Western European NATO members such as Italy and the Netherlands. The operative word is small: While Spain is offering 1,300 troops and Italy up to 3,000, Lithuania will send 43, the former Yugoslav...
...expected support for a plan to interdict North Korean arms shipments in the air and on the high seas. The controversial plan was first aired during a mid-June meeting in Madrid between representatives of 11 countries: the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain. North Korea's arms sales "finance their nuclear weapons program," says Bolton. "This is not money that goes to the starving people of North Korea...