Rafael Nadal booked easy passage into the second round of the Australian Open Tuesday, with the Spanish top seed showing no mercy against Marcos Daniel as the Brazilian quit trailing 6-0, 5-0 with a knee injury. Nadal, bidding for a fourth consecutive Grand Slam title, needed just three-quarters of an hour to advance against his [...]
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Germany denies organizing coup in Belarus
January 15th, 2011 |
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An official Belarus newspaper has accused Poland and Germany of organizing a coup.
The German Foreign Ministry said the accusations were absurd. The EU has warned of new sanctions unless protesters are released.
Swede sentenced for Auschwitz sign theft
December 31st, 2010 |
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A Swedish man has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for stealing the sign from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
Two of his Polish co-conspirators also received jail sentences.
Poland rejects Russian plane crash report
December 18th, 2010 |
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Poland has rejected a Russian report into a plane crash that killed the country’s president in April as “unacceptable.â€
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it failed to respect a convention on international air travel.
Joe Lovano: Bird Songs
December 9th, 2010 |
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ALBUM LAUNCH AT NEW YORK’S VILLAGE VANGUARD JAN. 11-16
 Bird Songs |
On January 11, 2011, Joe Lovano Us
Five will release Bird Songs, an exploration of the Charlie Parker songbook and the
Grammy-winning saxophonist’s 22nd album for EMI’s Blue Note Records (the release of which will mark his 20th
year on the label). Lovano will launch the album with a week-long engagement at the Village Vanguard in New York
City (January 11-16), and an NPR Live At The Village Vangaurd session that will be webcast on the NPR Music website
and broadcast on WBGO at 9:00pm ET on January 12. See below for a list of Lovano’s 2011 tour dates.
Bird Songs Tracklisting:
1. Passport
2. Donna Lee
3. Barbados
4. Moose The Mooche
5. Love Man
6. Birdyard
7. Ko Ko
8. Blues Collage
9. Dexterity
10. Dewey Square
11. Yardbird Suite
Tour Dates:
Jan. 11-16 – Village Vanguard – New York, NY (Us Five)
Jan. 22 – Science Center Theater – Blue Bell, PA (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 27 – Schwab Auditorium – Park, PA (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 28 – Music Center at Strathmore – North Bethesda, MD (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 29 – Grand Opera House – Wilmington, DE (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 30 – Swyer Theater – Albany, NY (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Feb. 18-19 – Tanna Shulich Hall – Montreal, Quebec (solo)
Feb. 22 – Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola – New York, NY (Playing Our Parts Benefit)
Mar. 4 – Impart Arts Center – Wroclaw, Poland (Us Five)
Mar. 11 – Blue Note – Milan, Italy (Us Five)
Mar. 12 – Sala Concerti Del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi – Torino, Italy (Us Five)
Mar. 13 – Club Kiff – Aarau, Switzerland (Us Five)
Mar. 14 – Moods – Zurich, Switzerland Moods (Us Five)
Mar. 24 – Wackerhalle – Burghausen, Germany (Us Five)
Mar. 25 – Ronnie Scott’s – London, UK (Us Five)
Apr. 2 – Folly Theater – Kansas City, MO (Us Five)
Apr. 4-5 – Dakota Jazz Club – Minneapolis, MN (Us Five)
Apr. 7-10 – Jazz Showcase – Chicago, IL (Us Five)
Apr. 21-22 – Rialto Theater – Atlanta, GA (solo)
Apr. 28-May 1 – Jazz Alley – Seattle, WA (Us Five)
May 2 – Kuumbwa Jazz Center – Santa Cruz, CA (Us Five)
May 3 – Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA (Us Five)
May 5 – Tribeca Performing Arts Center – New York, NY
May 20 – Philadelphia Museum of Art – Philadelphia, PA
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U.S.-NATO plan to defend Baltics from Russia
December 7th, 2010 |
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The US and NATO have drawn up plans to defend NATO’s Baltic members against Russia, latest US diplomatic cables disclosed by Wikileaks show, BBC reports.
The cables, published in the Guardian, reveal plans to expand an existing strategy to defend Poland to include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Poland hails Russian recognition of Katyn massacre
November 27th, 2010 |
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has hailed the decision of Russia’s parliament to recognize Katyn massacre as a crime committed by Stalin’s regime.
“I believe this is a positive signal that came from Moscow before the upcoming visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Warsaw. We must accept this document with great satisfaction keeping in mind that this is an official document by the [Russian] parliament,” Komorowski was quoted by Polish media as saying.
Gulf Oil Spill: Mission Accomplished or Ongoing Crisis?
October 24th, 2010 |
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The corporate media has almost entirely stopped covering the Gulf oil spill.Many have tried to say that the effects of the spill are not nearly as bad as feared, and that everything is pretty much cleaned up and back to normal.But today, it is widely b…
14 Extreme Animal-Humans
October 17th, 2010 |
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Here are 14 examples of people who have been transformed into animal-human hybrids, a few of which are surprisingly not vain attempts to become a creepy cat-dude.
Poland road crash leaves 17 dead
October 12th, 2010 |
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A road crash south of the Polish capital, Warsaw, has left 17 people dead, police have said. The accident occurred at dawn in thick fog when a lorry and a minibus collided near the town of Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, 80km from Warsaw.
Chechen separatist released by Polish court
September 18th, 2010 |
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A Chechen separatist leader who was arrested in Poland at Russia’s request has walked free from court.
Akhmed Zakayev is considered a terrorist by authorities in Moscow. He had gone to Poland for an international conference on independence for Chechnya, which is part of Russia.
Polish interests to determine Zakayev’s fate
September 17th, 2010 |
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Poland will only extradite Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev to Russia if this meets its national interests, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday. Zakayev, in Poland for a Chechen people’s congress, was detained in Warsaw while on his way to the Polish prosecutor’s office to present materials relating to Russia’s allegations against him.
Antić survives FA board meeting
August 19th, 2010 |
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Serbia boss Radomir Atić will remain at the helm of the national squad, the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has decided. The organization’s executive board met today in Belgrade, and said Antić will remain at the position until the end of the qualifying phase for the 2012 European Football Championships in Poland and Ukraine.
Katrina Kaif walks ramp during Mumbai’s Jewellery Week
August 17th, 2010 |
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Actress Katrina Kaif walked the ramp at the inaugural session of India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) that started here on Sunday. Kaif walked the ramp wearing a peach ruffled lehenga, a traditional ensemble with a small blouse and rich, flowing skirt, with a jewel-encrusted top created by fashion designer Neeta Lulla. The actress also sported [...]
Polish troops “blow up house for fun”
August 15th, 2010 |
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Poland’s military is investigating claims that a group of its soldiers blew up an empty family home in Afghanistan for fun. If true the act would have been in violation of the Geneva convention.
Serbia 13th in FIFA world rankings
August 11th, 2010 |
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With 969 points Serbia holds position 13 in world rankings of the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA). FIFA announced this Wednesday Zurich, Switzerland, that among the rivals of Serbia’s White Eagles in the qualification Group C for the European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, Italy is ranked 11th, Northern Ireland 59th, Estonia is 94th, whereas the lowest-ranked is the Faroe Islands at 118.
Serbia 13th in FIFA world rankings
August 11th, 2010 |
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With 969 points Serbia holds position 13 in world rankings of the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA). FIFA announced this Wednesday Zurich, Switzerland, that among the rivals of Serbia’s White Eagles in the qualification Group C for the European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, Italy is ranked 11th, Northern Ireland 59th, Estonia is 94th, whereas the lowest-ranked is the Faroe Islands at 118.
July 28, 1948: IG Farben Explosion Punctuates Nuremberg Trial
July 28th, 2010 |
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1948: A deadly explosion at German chemical conglomerate IG Farben’s Ludwigshafen plant on the Rhine River kills more than 200 people and injures more than 3,800 — 500 of them seriously. It violently interrupts the closing phase of the Nazi corporate conspirator’s post-war trial at Nuremberg. Two days later, the War Crimes Tribunal finds [...]
Online Pranksters Send Justin Bieber To North Korea
July 7th, 2010 |
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Online pranksters are upping the ante in their quest to rid the Music World of Justin Bieber. Biebs is a manboy of the people, so it’s only fitting that he’s decided to let his legion of devoted — if not obsessed — fans select the country he should visit on his next world tour. As part of [...]