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ROMANIA: Timisoara, 20 Years Since the Anti-communist Outbreak
seeurope.net, Dec 17, 2009 / Poland's iconic Lech Walesa, former president Emil Constantinescu and Revolution veteran Laszlo Tokes were among the personalities invited to commemorate 20 years since the events that lead to the Romanian Revolution.
Max Kolonko: Lech Walesa to Sue Organizers of the 20th Anniversary of Berlin Wall Collapse?
The Huffington Post, Dec 14, 2009 / Lech Walesa, former head of the Polish Solidarity movement, the man who started the domino collapse of the Evil Empire, is considering legal action against the organizers of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On Nov 9th, moments after Lech Walesa pushed the block of dominoes symbolizing the fall of Berlin Wall, Walesa, 66, collided with a segway operated by the organizers' filming crew.
Quick Thoughts On Obama's Speech
The Plank - The New Republic, Dec 10, 2009 / After again acknowledging that he doesn't really deserve the award--"I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage. Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize--Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela--my accomplishments are slight"--Obama set out his foreign policy worldview.
Jordan's king flies to Paris for meeting with Sarkozy
The Earth Times, Dec 08, 2009 / Warsaw - Former Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa said Tuesday he could still feel effects of a back injury he suffered in Berlin a month ago and feels moments of numbness.
Twenty years later, looking back at the Berlin Wall’s destruction
Culpeper Star-Exponent - Culpeper VA, Dec 03, 2009 / With much fanfare, the media recently noted the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. While it was compelling imagery, with crowds of people hammering at the concrete barriers, the fall of the Wall was but a brief, albeit symbolic, snapshot of a much bigger story — the series of revolutions that culminated in the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the dismantling of the Soviet Union.
Walesa takes Poland's president to court
WDBO - AM 580 - Central FL, Nov 24, 2009 / Solidarity founder Lech Walesa is suing Polish President Lech Kaczynski for damages in a Warsaw court for having called Walesa a communist-era agent.
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Brittany Murphy's Husband: My World Is Destroyed
People
People, 5 minutes ago/ Brittany Murphy's sudden death brought sharply different reactions from two men who loved her, as her husband expressed shock and sorrow while her half-brother angrily called her a victim of Hollywood.
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Prices for Emissions Permits Fall
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, 12 minutes ago/ The failure of the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen to produce a strong, binding agreement to cut carbon-dioxide emissions sowed gloom in European carbon markets Monday, with prices for carbon-emissions permits falling more than 8%.
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Obama Health Bill Set For Pre-Christmas Vote
NPR
NPR, 17 minutes ago/ Well on the way to winning passage before Christmas after clearing its biggest hurdle in the wee hours of the morning, the Senate's health care bill will make a "tremendous difference for families, for seniors, for businesses and for the country as a whole," President Barack Obama said Monday.
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Holmgren agrees to deal with Browns
The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada
The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada, 9 minutes ago/ M ike Holmgren has decided to see if he can fix the Cleveland Browns.
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Flu warning as one in two Scots admit to poor hygiene at Christmas
The Scotsman - Edinburgh - Lothian - UK
The Scotsman - Edinburgh - Lothian - UK, 28 minutes ago/ SCOTS risk increasing their chances of catching flu this festive season as good hygiene is forgotten during the celebrations, research suggests.
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Lech Wałęsa (IPA:; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist.
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