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On Easter Monday 2009, a hostel fire killed 22 people and injured 20 more. Nearly two dozen people are still in the hospital, including an eighteen-month-old baby in Kamień Pomorski, Poland. The dead included six children. There is still one person missing.
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Latest News

• 19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
• 22 September 2009: Spain defeat Serbia in 2009 European Basketball Championships
• 22 July 2009: UEFA president Platini confirms Euro 2012 to be hosted in Poland and Ukraine
• 22 July 2009: UEFA Euro 2008: Błaszczykowski injury damages Poland's Euro 2008 hopes
• 22 July 2009: Poland win 2-1 against Costa Rica in Group A
• 22 July 2009: Poland defeats Finland 1-0 in friendly football match
• 22 July 2009: Germany beat Poland and top Group A
• 22 July 2009: Euro 2008 Qualification: Poland vs. Belgium
• 22 July 2009: Ecuador beats Poland, 2-0 in Group A
• 8 June 2009: Europeans go to the polls to elect Members of the European Parliament

Politics and conflicts

• 19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
• 8 June 2009: Europeans go to the polls to elect Members of the European Parliament
• 7 January 2009: Wikinews Shorts: January 7, 2009
• 12 November 2008: Russia rejects latest US proposal on missile defense
• 15 August 2008: United States and Poland sign missile-defence deal angering Russia

Disasters and accidents

• 16 April 2009: Fire sensors removed from Polish hostel where fire broke out
• 12 July 2008: Six die as bus carrying Polish tourists crashes in Serbia
• 13 June 2008: Report finds LOT Airlines plane was lost over London due to pilot error
• 12 October 2007: AMC Airlines charter plane makes emergency landing on belly in Istanbul
• 2 September 2007: Two pilots killed in head-on collision at Radom Air Show, Poland

Crime and law

• 19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
• 28 March 2009: Somali pirates seize two European tankers, Seychelles yacht
• 1 July 2008: Half a million złoty vanish from the bank account of Lech Wałęsa
• 30 May 2008: Officer who killed Polish dissident during Communist era sentenced to 4 years prison
• 20 May 2008: Polish politician sentenced in sex scandal

Obituaries

• 13 July 2008: Bronisław Geremek, former Polish Foreign Affairs Minister, dies at age 76
• 4 June 2008: Polish women's volleyball star Agata Mróz dies aged 26

Wackynews

• 7 October 2006: Wrong flag causes diplomatic faux pas in Poland

Economy and business

• 1 January 2009: Financial crisis strikes charity in Poland
• 6 June 2008: Wikipedians support the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity by bidding on Wikipedia DVDs
• 29 May 2008: Sarkozy ends French job ban for Eastern Europeans
• 13 November 2006: Polish drug company Jelfa ordered to shut-down over mislabelled drugs
• 2 January 2006: PepsiCo buys Poland's Star Foods

Science and technology

• 19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
• 12 July 2005: Poland made software patent directive stop

Culture and entertainment

• 22 July 2009: Poland defeats Finland 1-0 in friendly football match
• 7 September 2008: Poland wins the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest
• 10 July 2008: Poland announces Olympians for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
• 4 June 2008: Polish women's volleyball star Agata Mróz dies aged 26
• 25 May 2008: Dima Bilan wins the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia

Sports

• 22 September 2009: Spain defeat Serbia in 2009 European Basketball Championships
• 22 July 2009: UEFA president Platini confirms Euro 2012 to be hosted in Poland and Ukraine
• 22 July 2009: UEFA Euro 2008: Błaszczykowski injury damages Poland's Euro 2008 hopes
• 22 July 2009: Poland defeats Finland 1-0 in friendly football match
• 22 July 2009: Euro 2008 Qualification: Poland vs. Belgium

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