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LECH WALESA
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former President of Poland Lech Walesa is joined by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left) for the Sept. 28, 2005 ceremonial ribbon cutting for the outdoor exhibit in New York's Union Square Park "Poland on the Front Page" which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the birth of the Solidarity Movement in Poland. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)

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Proper authorities should get down to some serious work to resolve the problem of slander
Walesa threatening to leave Poland
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If it proves to be a publicity trick, and the Gdansk authorities (aren't) doing anything, I will have no other (choice) but to renounce my own honorary citizenship
Walesa or Grass to renounce Gdansk honors
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If I had still been president of Poland at the time, I would not have sent troops to Iraq
Walesa: I would not have sent Iraq troops
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I would have met with the heads of government from Germany and France and worked for a common European position
Walesa: I would not have sent Iraq troops
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The role of world leaders are very important in promoting peace on the Korean peninsula
World leaders gather for peace
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch