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Poland sees hundreds die of drowning over the summer season

Posted August 31, 2010

Soaring temperatures in Poland over the summer season has led to people seeking out way to cool down. Jumping into and swimming in rivers, lakes and the sea is one way but tragically, this summer, has led to 380 people losing their lives by drowning.

Mariusz Sokolowski, spokesman for the Police Head…

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Polish soldiers wounded in Afghanistan

Posted August 31, 2010

On Monday two Polish soldiers were injured in Afghanistan when their logistics convoy vehicle was hit by a rocket propelled grenade.

Head of information services for the Polish contingent in Afghanistan Sebastian Kostecki said that the attack happened at 15.40 local time (13.10 CET).

For the full ar…

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Cost of protecting Smolensk memorial cross soars as more guards and police are drafted in

Posted August 19, 2010

The city of Warsaw is spending thousands of zloty protecting the Smolensk memorial cross outside of the Polish Presidential Palace.

The cross, which commemorates the 96 people who died in the April 10 air crash in Smolensk, has already attracted thousands of tourists and just as many protesters.

Spe…

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Missing Edinburgh woman: The Hunt for Suzanne Pilley

Posted August 8, 2010

Police began their appeal for information on the disappearance of Suzanne Pilley on May 6th 2010. In fact she had been missing for 2 days and police now believe she had been murdered on the day she went missing.

On May 4th Suzanne left her home in West Edinburgh and took 2 buses into town where sh…

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Metropolitan Police appeal for information after body find in Fulham

Posted August 8, 2010

London's Metropolitan Police force is appealing for information following the discovery of a body in a garden in Fulham on Wednesday 10th March.

Obtaining a search warrant on Tuesday 9th of March following information from a member of the public, the police began their search and found the body in…

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Man charged with terror-related offences say Scotland Yard

Posted August 8, 2010

Scotland Yard today confirmed that they have charged a 30 year old man from Newcastle Upon Tyne with three terror-related offences.

The offences are said to have taken place over a four year period between April 13 2006 and February 25 this year and were to have taken place both within the UK and ou…

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Jealous man jailed, guilty of killing ex-lover who had new boyfriend

Posted August 8, 2010

An IT technician who flew 4000 miles to kill his ex-lover in a jealous rage has been jailed for at least 22 years.

Twenty-five year old Paul Bristol, a technician with the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Administration, saw his ex-lover on social networking site FaceBook and realised that she was in…

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Privacy changes mean Facebook now faces lawsuit

Posted August 8, 2010

At the end of last year social networking site Facebook faced widespread criticism over the change in its privacy settings. Now the site is being sued by five people over those privacy changes. The class action suit has been filed in the US District court for Northern District in California and conc…

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Half of hepatitis sufferers undiagnosed in Scotland says chief executive of hepatitis C trust

Posted August 7, 2010

The chief executive of the Hepatitis C Trust has voiced his concerns that many people in Scotland are living with undiagnosed hepatitis C. The warning comes as the trust opens its first office in Scotland. Hepatitis C affects about 1,700 people in Scotland the chief executive of the Hepatitis C T…

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