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Global News Blog Krakow's mini-boom in IT attracts Polish and foreign techies
Some 70 multinational firms have opened, employing 20,000 skilled workers – Poles and foreigners alike – in Krakow, which some call a small Silicon Valley of Central Europe.
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Reverse brain drain: How three siblings recreated a century-old Polish resort
The Mankowski siblings were born and educated in France. But they returned to Szczawnica, Poland, and have restored their great-grandfather's resort to its former glory.
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Reverse brain drain: Poles circulate home and out again to Europe
In the global reverse brain drain, migrants begin to influence a frumpy, provincial Poland in everything from toilets to insurance coverage to workplace attitude.
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Cover Story Reverse brain drain: Economic shifts lure migrants home
The tide of brain drain – from developing countries to industrialized nations – has turned. Human capital is returning home to Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa, while some European professionals squeezed by the recession, turn toward developing countries for advancement.
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Polish city of Wroclaw comes to terms with its German past
Communist Poland tried to stamp out Wroclaw's history – as the once-German city of Breslau – upon taking control of the city after World War II. But Wroclaw now is embracing its past.
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Poland begins uncovering story of secret US detention center
An official probe has begun into how much the Polish government knew about a covert US detention center outside Warsaw where the CIA may have tortured members of Al Qaeda.
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Euro 2012: Dutch team endures racist taunts at practice
Several members of the national soccer team from the Netherlands are black. There are reports of team members hearing monkey chants while practicing for the upcoming Euro 2012 championships at a stadium in Krakow, Poland.
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Opinion: Russia protests are overblown by West. Putin is here to stay.
Mesmerized by Moscow protests, Western observers predict President-elect Vladimir Putin’s demise. But the politically active middle class is small and limited. US policy must be based on a realistic analysis of Putin’s support, not unfounded assessments that he's on his last legs.
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Global News Blog Parliament to 'Booze Britain': Try temperance – at least twice a week
Binges and weekend blowouts are so widespread in 'Booze Britain,' according to a new report, that Parliament has tried to define 'sensible' drinking.
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Jewish life revived in Poland
Jewish life in Krakow was vibrant before World War II, but the Holocaust and years of Communist rule wiped it out almost entirely. Today, Krakow is reviving its Jewish heritage.
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Pharaoh's Daughter lead singer mines her ultra-Orthodox roots for melodies
Basya Schechter, lead singer of Pharaoh's Daughter, draws on her ultra-Orthodox childhood to craft songs for the band.
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Spy swap reportedly underway between US and Russia
Spy swap would have ten people arrested in the US exchanged for a number of people in Russian jails, convicted of spying for the West.
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Poland election: Center-right Bronislaw Komorowski edges out Jaroslaw Kaczynski
Acting president Bronislaw Komorowski edged out Jaroslaw Kaczynski, opposition leader and twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczynski, with just over 52 percent of the vote in Sunday's Poland election.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/18
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Iceland volcano ash keeps Obama, others from attending Polish president's funeral
President Obama and other world leaders were prevented from traveling to see Polish President Lech Kaczynski's funeral in Krakow today due to the cloud of ash hanging over Europe after the Iceland volcano.
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Ash cloud over Europe could last for months
The volcanic ash cloud over Europe continued to delay flights across the continent on Friday. The ash cloud is affecting the Afghanistan war. Scientists say that the cloud could continue to last for weeks, or even months. Airports in the United Kingdom will remain closed until at least 1 a.m. on Saturday.
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After the fall of the wall: Middle Europe reemerges – sort of
The connections of the old Habsburg Empire have reappeared, post cold war, but regional identity has not.
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Opinion: Seventy years after World War II's start, old enemies take stock
Polish enmity toward Germany is gone, but tension with Russia remains.
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Michael Heller: a thinker who bridges science and theology
The priest and philosopher from Poland wins the 2008 Templeton Prize for advancing a complex dialogue.
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