Boruch Spiegel, Who Battled Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 93
Source: Newyork Times
Białystok :: Poland | updated 2013-05-20 17:07:03 -0700 | disasters-news
May 20, 2013 Boruch Spiegel, one of the last surviving fighters of the Warsaw ghetto uprising of 1943, in which a vastly outgunned band of 750 young Jews held off German soldiers for more than a month with crude arms...
Baby born drunk after heavily pregnant mum goes on binge drinking spree
Source: NewKerala
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-05-17 02:04:45 -0700 | disasters-news
Surgeons had to perform an emergency c-section after the 24-year-old lady collapsed while buying more alcohol at an off-licence in Tomaszow. According to hospital spokesman Wojciech Zawalski, the unborn baby was in severe risk of being poisoned to death, the...
Berkeley resident recalls horror of Warsaw Ghetto
Source: j.
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-25 15:36:23 -0700 | disasters-news
Stern grew up in Poland, and during the Holocaust was a resident of the nightmarish Warsaw Ghetto...He remembers vividly the German army's invasion of his hometown of Mogielnica, about 40 miles south of Warsaw, in September 1939. The first soldiers...
Poland wants to name roundabout in Warsaw after Baroness Thatcher because 'there will be no U-turns'...
Source: Mail Online UK
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-22 09:29:25 -0700 | disasters-news
Poland wants to name a roundabout in Warsaw after Baroness Thatcher because there's no need for U-turns, a reference to her reluctance to perform a political volte-face during her time as Prime Minister It is, in hindsight, the natural tribute....
'It was never an option not to be here': Prince Harry praises London Marathon runners and brave ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Żywiec :: Poland | updated 2013-04-21 08:39:30 -0700 | disasters-news
07 As a Yank, I especially appreciate the way all you great Brits have reached out to us and the world this fine day. - UBoat123 , Zywiec, Poland, 21/4/2013 16:06 Click to rate Rating 43 Brave...
Police: Law change makes child abuse hard to track
Source: Denver Post
Police :: Poland | updated 2013-04-19 03:49:17 -0700 | disasters-news
California's child abuse database, saying it could hamper their ability to keep tabs on hundreds of suspected abusers who work with kids outside the home, including teachers, coaches and clergy. The database is used to flag such people when they...
Police: Man threatened to kill woman while holding knife
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Police :: Poland | updated 2013-04-18 09:46:23 -0700 | disasters-news
Lucero, 26, was booked into the Ada County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault. Boise police say they were called at about 1:30 a.m. to a residence in the 2100 block of South Eagleson Road...Lucero allegedly made the threat...
At last, Warsaw's Jewish history museum is dedicated
Source: j.
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-18 05:50:22 -0700 | disasters-news
Follow j. on and warsaw, poland Nearly two decades in the making, Warsaw's Museum of the History of Polish Jews opens to the public this week amid a month of high-profile, state-sponsored events marking the 70th anniversary of...
Poland's lawmakers honor Warsaw ghetto fighters
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-17 13:15:03 -0700 | disasters-news
Poland Poland's lawmakers have paid homage to the victims and fighters of the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, days before the 70th anniversary of the ill-fated revolt. The lower house adopted a resolution on Wednesday, at the opening of...
Quarter of Polish schoolchildren believe World War Two ghetto where Nazis slaughtered 13,000 Jews ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-16 12:14:25 -0700 | disasters-news
The study, carried out at schools across the capital Warsaw, showed more than 60 per cent of those asked would be 'unhappy' if they discovered their boyfriend or girlfriend was Jewish. The poll was commissioned by the city's Jewish leaders...
Act on petition verdict
Source: Daily Nation
Police :: Poland | updated 2013-04-16 11:05:06 -0700 | disasters-news
Rating In Summary The onus is now in the Inspector-General of Police and Director of Public Prosecution to act. The Supreme Court Tuesday gave its detailed reasoning behind the decision it took two weeks ago throwing out the petitions challenging...
Acid attack highlights Russian ballet battle
Source: CNN
Police :: Poland | updated 2013-04-14 20:57:52 -0700 | disasters-news
A Russian police investigation led to the arrests of three people: an alleged assailant, a getaway driver and a Bolshoi dancer who they say had a "hostile relationship" with Filin and confessed to ordering the January attack. Investigators say they've...
Jewish groups protest over plans to create 'gentiles' statue in Warsaw Ghetto
Source: Mail Online UK
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-12 10:18:37 -0700 | disasters-news
12 April 2013 Anger has broken out among Jewish groups in Poland over plans to build a memorial to non Jews who risked their lives to save those trapped inside the Warsaw ghetto. Under the plans, the memorial to Polish...
CIA prison will haunt Poland
Source: Open Democracy
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-10 08:36:24 -0700 | disasters-news
April 2013 Poland's role in hosting a CIA "black site" is now certain. Whether the government will voluntarily admit it is another matter. Amnesty International protest against the CIA's rendition program...Researching Poland's role in the CIA rendition scheme and seeing...
Top U.S. spy concerned over drastic budget cuts by Obama
Source: Canadian Free Press
Police :: Poland | updated 2013-04-09 21:48:20 -0700 | disasters-news
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, warned reporters that federal budget cuts that are blamed on the sequestration will harm U.S. national security that won't be noticed until an attack occurs. Furloughs for intelligence personnel are being pondered, but...
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