Unusual wedding in Afghanistan.
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For the first time in the history of the mission – two soldiers of the Polish Military Contitgent in Afghanistan got married. Joanna and Piotr have taken their wedding oath in the Polish Embassy in Kabul. Joanna graduated from the Polish Air Force Academy and for several years has been serving in Polish Armed Forces as a helicopter pilot. Piotr has also been serving in Polish Special Forces for several years. This is his fifth deployment to Afghanistan, altogether he’s spent 2,5 years out there. He’s a special force operator, one of the most experienced Joint Terminal Attack Controller within...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:43:30 AM
Polish immigrant headed home
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Barbara Latasiewicz wept Thursday night as she waited to board a plane to Poland and thought of the hospital she called home for the last 2 1/2 years. "Two years, it was enough time ... they were so good to me," she said through an interpreter at O'Hare International Airport.
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:43:30 AM
Polish Polar Bear Club....
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Hobbies...yeah,it's been around a while. I don't understand Polish, but the woman's statement and encouragement included the word "quick"....mmmm, not so good....
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:43:30 AM
Ronald Reagan's memorial unveiled in front of US Embassy in Warsaw
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Walesa unveils one more for the 'Gipper' Lech Walesa said that there would not be a free Poland without Ronald Reagan, during the unveiling of a statue in Warsaw of the late American president on Monday. photo - PAP/Andrzej Hrechorowicz The former Solidarity leader said that “as a participant in these events,” it was “inconceivable” that such changes would have come about without the last American president during the post-1945 cold-war era.Walesa added that thirty years ago, it seemed that the fall of the communist system would not be possible without a nuclear war.The bronze statue of...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:43:30 AM
Polish people staunchly for the Cross of Christ in public life (latest poll)
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Having been newly elected to the Polish Parliament, forty MPs of Janusz Palikot's movement started a new session demanding the Crucifix to be removed from the main hall of the parliament, which has already ignited a political war in Poland. (...) Gazeta checked out the opinion of the Polish people regarding the presence of the cross in Seym (the name of the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament) According to the poll, 70% claim the cross should be there to stay and never removed, which is opposed by 20%. What is more, the cross in the Polish parliament is also...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:43:30 AM
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