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...focusing on the issues and actually doing something to address them. It's especially discouraging when you consider what good might be done with the funds that are used to wage misdirected political wars. Scott A. Farber Boston Prisoner of the 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...
...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 of the year. With car-repair costs around four times lower in Poland than in Germany, Polish buyers can import a damaged car and fix it up. "Long term, it will cause turmoil in the car market," grumbles Poznan-based car salesman Jacek Pietrzyk. The government fears losing revenue: imported cars are still subject to a tax based on their declared value, but buyers and sellers understate...
...city which legend said would never be conquered, but that they would come within a hairs breadth of conquering Europe itself. Few realize how close the Turks came to breaking into the very heart of Europe. If it was not for the arrival of Jan Sobieski and his Polish cavalry history would have taken a very different turn. The Turkish menace, which ultimately was defeated before the walls of Vienna at a cost of thousands of lives, could have been crushed at far less cost had the West acted earlier...
...Claims Society, a group of Germans seeking compensation for property lost when they were forced out of territories handed to Poland after 1945 - a claim angrily rejected by Poles. "I would like to underline that it was not us that started this spiral. It was the other side," said Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka. Permanent Presence BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko announced a referendum on a constitutional amendment to allow him to run for a third term. Elected in 1994, Lukashenko won a referendum in 1996 to extend his initial five-year term by two years; Western observers criticized...
...extended stay. The Price of Membership Call it the E.U. diet: soaring food prices in Poland since it joined the Union on May 1 have forced some people to alter their menus. Beef prices shot up by 21.7% in the second quarter, thanks to demand for cheap Polish meat in other E.U. states. Carb lovers suffered, too: rice prices rose 27.7% after Poland implemented E.U. tariffs on imports from countries such as Vietnam. Food and oil have driven overall inflation to almost double the central bank's 2.5% target, and bankers will likely hike interest rates for the fourth time...