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Obama cancels Polish funeral journey
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who planned to fly to Poland tonight to attend the funeral of former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, today cancelled that journey because of the plume of volcanic ash from Iceland that has closed airports......Tags: Heads of State, Lech Kaczynski, Air Transportation, White House, Trips and Vacations
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Part 1: 'They should come here and see what the war is'
Of The Morning CallEdward Sakasitz, a 21-year-old private in the German army, came to the Leningrad area in February 1942 to join Adolf Hitler's troops laying siege to Russia's old imperial capital. Today, the 86-year-old Nazareth resident who grew up in Austria...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Russia, World War II (1939-1945), Margarine, Firearms
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Germany, Austria focus on heritage with renovations
Many sights in Germany and Austria have been renovated in the last year or two to better display this region's rich heritage, making 2009 a good time to visit. Several attractions in Munich are newly restored, including the famous glockenspiel at the...Tags: Civil Unrest, World War II (1939-1945), Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Renovation
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Bohdan Paczynski, 67; a key figure in the search for dark matter and planets
Times Staff WriterAstrophysicist Bohdan Paczynski, who was the first to suggest that gamma-ray bursters lie outside the Milky Way and who revolutionized astronomy by using gravitational lensing as a tool to search for dark matter and new planets, died April 19 in his...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Obituaries, Death, Lithuania, The New York Times
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Genocide, diplomacy and terrorism
Leaders of an umbrella group for Turkish-American groups stopped by The Times recently to discuss the debate over the Armenian genocide, Turkey's membership in the European Union and quashing Kurdish separatism in northern Iraq. Below are highlights...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Massacres, NATO, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Genocide
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Foreign tourism offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at 212-963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or delegation....Tags: Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Panama, Botswana, Nigeria
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'Strike'
![The power of one gets a vigorous workout in the Polish workers drama "Strike." Veteran German director Volker Schlondörff (the Oscar-winning "Tin Drum") traces the far-reaching effect one woman has on recent world history in this "ballad based on historical events."](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-06/30838061.jpg "The power of one gets a vigorous workout in the Polish workers drama "Strike.\" Veteran German director Volker Schlondörff (the Oscar-winning \"Tin Drum\") traces the far-reaching effect one woman has on recent world history in this \"ballad based on historical events.\"")
Times Staff WriterThe power of one gets a vigorous workout in the Polish workers drama "Strike." Veteran German director Volker Schlondörff (the Oscar-winning "Tin Drum") traces the far-reaching effect one woman has on recent world history in this "ballad based on...Tags: Movies, Employees, Shipbuilding, Career and Workplace, Comedy (genre)
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Selling Poland one hunk at a time
Her WorldFRENCH writer Victor Hugo (1802-85) once told a delegation of Polish émigrés, "I am Polish because I am French." It was his way of noting the deep, long-standing ties between the two nations, both then struggling for freedom. So, last spring, it seemed...Tags: Victor Hugo, Contracts, London (England), Employees, Constitutional Issues
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Playing by his rules
!["A<I>re</I> we boring you?" Billy Wilder turned to ask his rapt Sunday guests, before returning to the saucy conversation he was having with screen legend Marlene Dietrich.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-06/23929601.jpg ""A<I>re</I> we boring you?\" Billy Wilder turned to ask his rapt Sunday guests, before returning to the saucy conversation he was having with screen legend Marlene Dietrich.")
Special to The Times"Are we boring you?" Billy Wilder turned to ask his rapt Sunday guests, before returning to the saucy conversation he was having with screen legend Marlene Dietrich. "Your violin teacher, was he before or after the aging actor?" Wilder asked, trying to...Tags: Hungary, Journalism, Movies, Walter Matthau, Dining and Drinking
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Praise the lard
Tribune staff reporterVinka Peschak starts each day by knocking back a full cup of heavy whipping cream. That's at 8 a.m. "At around 11 o'clock I take three or four egg yolks and make some kind of omelet with lard for breakfast," the Portage Park resident explains. Peschak,...Tags: South Beach Diet, Atkins Diet, McDonald's, Portage Park, Omelets
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Allfirst parent to weigh rebound by bank from trading scandal
Sun StaffBELFAST, Northern Ireland - Officials of Allfirst Financial Inc.'s parent company said yesterday that it will decide by the end of the year whether to begin a withdrawal from U.S. banking. Allied Irish Banks PLC officials said the decision hinges on...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, John Wayne, Shareholders
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Nations draw fire over art looted in war
Tribune arts criticPoland, Romania and the Czech Republic have the worst records in Europe on the restitution of art and other property looted by the Nazis and nationalized by the communists, experts told Congress on Tuesday. Randolph Bell, the Bush administration's new...Tags: Heads of State, Justice System, Massacres, George W. Bush, Helsinki (Finland)
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