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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124
As of Friday, July 25, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart
Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. And that's how the Polish government wants to keep it.
'Exodus' survivor moves to Israel
When 88-year-old Frances Greenberg walked off an El Al passenger jet and into an air-conditioned terminal on Tuesday, it was her second time trying to move to Israel.
Poland pays tribute to late Solidarity activist
Solidarity activist Bronislaw Geremek was honored by hundreds at a funeral Mass in Warsaw's historic old town Monday, with former President Lech Walesa calling him "the greatest of all Poles."  Poles who rescued Jews honored in WarsawWanda Bulik was only 18 when a conductor approached her on a train during the height of World War II and asked her to take care of an abandoned 3-year-old Jewish boy found traveling alone.
Sailor pleads guilty to failing to appear in court
The man accused of masterminding a plan to arrange sham marriages between Navy sailors and Polish women has pleaded guilty to failing to appear in court.
Some foreign-born US Olympians
Some of the foreign-born athletes who will be competing for the United States at the Olympics in Beijing next month, listed by sport with country of birth in parentheses:
12 charged in 2006 roof collapse in Poland
Prosecutors have charged 12 people in connection with the deadly 2006 winter roof collapse that killed 65 people at an exhibition hall in southern Poland.
Two accused of using ID theft to obtain loans
Police in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines say two 41-year-old men believed to have ties to a Polish crime group used stolen identities to secure about $100,000 in loans to buy expensive cars, jet skis and all-terrain vehicles.
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