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Bronisław Komorowski

Bronisław Maria Komorowski (born 4 June 1952) is Polish politician and historian. He current serving as President of Poland.

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Obama expresses 'regret' to Poland over inadvertent 'death camp' gaffe

President Barack Obama has written a letter to the Polish president expressing "regret" for an inadvertent verbal gaffe that caused a storm of controversy in Poland this week.

Obama on Tuesday used the expression "a Polish death camp" while honoring a Polish World War II resistance hero rather than wording that would have made clear that he meant a death camp that Nazi Germany operated on Polish soil during its wartime occupation of Poland.Warsaw has been waging a campaign for years against phrases such as "Polish death camps" or "Polish concentration camps" to refer to Auschwitz, Treblinka and other German killing sites. The language deeply offends Polish sensitivities because Poles not only had no role in running the camps, but were considered racially inferior by the Germans and were themselves murdered in them in huge numbers."In referring to 'a Polish death camp' rather than 'a Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland,' I inadvertently used a phrase that has caused many Poles angu...

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  1. World Leaders Cancel Trips to Poland Funeral

    World leaders grounded by a shutdown of Europe's airspace were forced to skip the funeral of Poland's president, although some European guests took to the roads to m...

  2. Russian investigators point to human error, no technical problems with Polish plane in crash

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russian investigators suggested human error may have been to blame in the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others, saying Mo...

  3. World Leaders React to Polish President's Tragic Death

    A look at what world leaders are saying about the plane crash in which Polish President Lech Kaczynski perished Saturday:------Statement by President Obama on the de...

  4. Memorial held for Polish plane crash victims; ash spikes Obama trip to Sunday funeral

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in...

  5. Polish president, first lady interred in Krakow amid new hopes for thaw with Russia

    KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of Poles bade farewell to President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday at a state funeral filled with pomp, pride and an outpouring of ...

  6. Euro 2012 boycott could alienate Ukraine and set tricky precedent for future sports events

    It's an ethical dilemma that has Western leaders in a bind: to boycott or not to boycott Ukraine-hosted matches in the European soccer championship over the alleged ...

  7. Poland to press for end to Afghan mission in 2014 at NATO summit, and for subsequent aid

    Poland's president says he will press NATO leaders at an upcoming summit to stick to plans to end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2014, and for member states ...

  8. At Chicago NATO summit, leaders map out strategy to end Afghan war with goals unmet

    It was what President Barack Obama called a "war of necessity," a conflict thrust upon America by the 9/11 attacks. As NATO's mission here winds down nearly 11 years...

  9. Poland's lawmakers approve controversial plan to raise retirement age to 67

    Poland's lawmakers on Friday approved a controversial government plan to raise the retirement age to 67 for most Poles, a key part in efforts to cut state debt, main...

  10. Poland calls on Ukraine to change laws that allow Tymoshenko imprisonment

    Poland's president appealed Wednesday to Ukraine's leaders to change what he called anachronistic laws that have allowed the imprisonment of opposition leader Yulia ...

  11. China's prime minister pays homage to victims of Nazi death camp of Auschwitz

    China's prime minister paid homage on Friday to the victims of the Nazi Auschwitz death camp, saying lessons drawn from it should help build a safer world.Wen Jiabao...

  12. Komorowski likely winner over twin of late president in Polish presidential vote

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who...

  1. Final count in Poland's election confirms Bronislaw Komorowski as new president

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Final count in Poland's election confirms Bronislaw Komorowski as new president.

  2. Poles angered by Obama words on 'Polish death camps,' prime minister wants 'stronger' reaction

    Poland's leaders said Wednesday they weren't completely satisfied with a White House explanation that President Barack Obama misspoke when he referred to "Polish dea...

  3. Poland's ruling party picks parliament speaker Bronislaw Komorowski as presidential candidate

    Poland's center-right governing party has chosen Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski as its candidate for president.The pro-EU Civic Platform chose Komorowski ov...

  4. Poland's prime minister wants NATO to plan its withdrawal from Afghanistan

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister says he wants NATO to develop a timetable to end its mission in Afghanistan .Donald Tusk said Saturday that he plans to...

  5. Obama Cancels Trip to Attend Funeral of Poland's President

    President Obama scrapped plans to travel to Poland on Saturday for the funeral of Poland's president because of hazardous flying conditions caused by the volcanic as...

  6. Elaborate State Funeral Held for Poland's First Couple

    KRAKOW, Poland -- An elaborate state funeral for Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, was held Sunday bereft of many world leaders whose travel pla...

  7. 100,000 Gather at Polish Plane Crash Memorial

    WARSAW, Poland -- Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a p...

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