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Body of woman recovered in Poland dates back to 6,500 years

Warsaw (Poland), September 3 : The remains of a 30-year-old woman, which date back to 6,500 years, have been found at an archeological excavation in Pinczow, in the Swietokrzyska region, in southern Poland. 

According to the director of the dig, Przemyslaw Duleba, from the Institute of Archeology at the University of Warsaw, this is the oldest discovery every to be found in this region. 

“The skeleton of the young woman is perfectly preserved and laid on her left side in an embryonic position,” he said.

Duleba said that this skeleton provides evidence as to the funereal rites of the people that lived on this land in that era. 

Poles mark outbreak of World War II

Warsaw - Poles marked the 69th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II on Monday with a ceremony at Westerplatte, the site of the war's first battle after Germany invaded Poland in 1939.

Sirens were sounded at 4:45 am near the Baltic coastal city of Gdansk, marking the exact time a German battleship first fired at the Polish garrison.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk took part in the ceremony, speaking on the importance of remembrance.

"Why do we meet with such determination, why do we commemorate such dates," Tusk said. "We've built, and we will build, our national identity on the remembrance of our heroes and such events."

Most Poles want sanctions against Russia

Poles spend record amount in getting ready for 2008 OlympicsWarsaw - A majority of Poles wants the European Union (EU) to introduce political and economic sanctions against Russia at its emergency summit on the Caucasus crisis, according a poll published Monday in the daily Dziennik.

Tusk reassures locals they're safe near US anti-missile shield

Tusk reassures locals they're safe near US anti-missile shield Warsaw  - Prime Minister Donald Tusk Friday met with residents near the future site of the US anti-missile shield, reassuring them the military base posed no danger or damage to local tourism.

"Places like Redzikowo or Slupsk perhaps will arouse more interest in the event of a conflict," Tusk told residents during a town-hall style meeting in northern Poland. "But for certain they'll be better protected than any other place in Poland."

Poland's Solidarity marches for better wages, retirement

Warsaw - Thousands of Solidarity labour union members marched in the capital on Friday demanding better wages, better retirement pensions and improved labour laws.

Workers came from all over Poland to gather in Warsaw's Pilsudski Square and march across the city towards Prime Minister Donald Tusk's office.

There, they were slated to release balloons inscribed with Tusk's quotes to symbolize his "flyaway" election promises. The workers also gathered coins for Tusk's symbolic "early retirement."

At the head of the march, workers pushed shopping carts filled with a few staple items they claim the average Polish old age pensioner or minimum wage worker can afford.

Kaczynski promises of "radical enough" Baltic stance on Georgia

Warsaw - Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Friday said the Polish and Baltic stance on Georgia at an upcoming European Union summit "won't be completely radical, but radical enough."

"We will defend Georgia to the end, to the fall," the Polish Press Agency (PAP) quoted Kaczynski as saying on his return from a meeting in Tallinn of the heads of Baltic states Estonia and Latvia and a representative of Lithuania's president.

The politicians had met Thursday to work out a common stance on Georgia before Monday's EU summit on the issue. Kaczynski declined to give further details after the meeting, saying there's no common stance yet, but that two variances were being considered by the group of leaders, PAP reported.

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