Lech Walesa arrives at the Rome International Film Festival
Lech Walesa arrives on the red carpet before a screening of the film "Popieluszko" during the 4th Rome International Film Festival in Rome on October 19, 2009. UPI Photo/David Silpa
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WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Lech Walesa, who led the movement against Poland's Communist government, has sued President Lech Kaczynski for libel for saying he was a spy in the 1970s.
WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A diplomat says expatriate Polish millionaire Jan Kobylanski in 1995 offered a $200,000 bribe to then-Polish President Lech Walesa in Uruguay.
WARSAW, Poland, July 16 (UPI) -- Eastern European politicians are urging U.S. President Barack Obama to take a firm stand towards Russia when their region is involved, officials said.
WARSAW, Poland, July 7 (UPI) -- Some in predominantly Catholic Poland are planning protests, supported by mass prayers, to prevent U.S. pop star Madonna from staging a concert in Warsaw.
WARSAW, Poland, March 30 (UPI) -- Polish political icon Lech Walesa said Monday he's ready to give back his medals and emigrate for good because of a new book accusing him of being a communist.
WARSAW, Poland, June 20 (UPI) -- A TV documentary should be protected from censorship by former Polish President Lech Walesa under freedom of speech laws, the head of state television says.
PHILADELPHIA, June 13 (UPI) -- Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who presided over the end of the Soviet Union is to be this year's recipient of the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia.
OSWIECIM, Poland, April 6 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in Poland, as he ended a two-day visit to the country Saturday.
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