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Polish travel agency offers trips to Afghanistan

Polish travel agency offers trips to Afghanistan Warsaw - It's billed as a vacation only for those looking for adventure, and a rough ride.

Logos Travel, a Polish agency in the western city of Poznan, is offering the country's first trips to Afghanistan. The 15-day excursions cost some 4,300 dollars, including plane tickets from Warsaw to Kabul.

While Afghanistan is widely known as war-torn after years of conflicts, the organizers insist it's slowly becoming the destination point for "the most ambitious globetrotters."

Gang members arrested for counterfeiting euros

"Polish Fritzl" goes on trialWarsaw- Twenty-five people were arrested Wednesday in Poland on suspicion of bringing counterfeit euro banknotes into circulation across the European Union, local media reported. More than 300 investigation officials and anti-terrorism officers entered some 30 homes simultaneously to make the arrests, reported the Polish Press Agency PAP.

Suspects included two Polish soldiers, a prison service official, and a Romanian national. They face up to 10 years in jail.

Poland allots million zloty for help in fire that killed 22 - Summary

Poland allots million zloty for help in fire that killed 22 - Summary Warsaw - Poland's government will allot one million zloty (305,269 dollars) to aid families and survivors of a fire that killed 22 people and injured 20, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. Poland will also build a new facility for those left homeless by the blaze that struck a hostel for the homeless in the early hours of Monday. A seven-person commission was investigating the cause.

Two still missing in Polish hostel fire that killed 21

Two still missing in Polish hostel fire that killed 21Warsaw - Police in Poland were on Tuesday searching for two residents of a hostel for the homeless where a weekend fire killed 21 people and injured 21 others, local media reported. Seventy-seven people were registered in the hostel in the Baltic Sea coastal town of Kamien Pomorski, around 500 kilometres north-west of the capital Warsaw. The fire erupted late Sunday after midnight.

Of the 77 people registered, 54 are alive and 23 now feared dead. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered so far.

Twenty-one dead in Polish homeless hostel fire - Summary

Twenty-one dead in Polish homeless hostel fire - Summary Warsaw - Twenty-one people were killed and some 20 others injured when a hostel for the homeless burned down Monday in north- western Poland. Seventy-seven people were registered in the hostel in the Baltic Sea coastal town of Kamien Pomorski, some 500 kilometres north-west of the capital Warsaw.

The fire was so ferocious and spread so greatly that there was no hope of extinguishing it and rescuers concentrated on saving people from the flames, a firefighter told TVN24.

Eighteen dead in Polish hotel fire

Eighteen dead in Polish hotel fire Warsaw - Eighteen people died and 21 more were injured when a hotel burned down Monday on Poland's Baltic Sea coast, local media reported. The fire was so big and had spread so much that there was no hope for extinguishing it, and rescuers concentrated on saving people from the flames, a firefighter told TVN24.

Witnesses said some hotel guests were injured when they jumped from windows.

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