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The 30,000 alarmists gathered in Katowice, Poland expected to slam-dunk their report proclaiming a planet-threatening climate crisis, finalize rules for implementing the Paris accords, redistribute infinite billions of dollars from industrialized nations to “climate victim” countries, and solidify their control over people’s energy, jobs, living standards and liberties. It didn’t work out quite that way.They got blindsided by millions of French citizens angrily denouncing their government’s plans to carbon-tax them into worse poverty and joblessness. They were furious that the US exhibit profiled the benefits of fossil fuels – and outraged that the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait...

Nearly 200 nations have agreed rules on implementing the 2015 Paris agreement. After marathon talks in Katowice, Poland, the rulebook was approved unanimously on Saturday evening. The agreement aims to deliver the Paris goals of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2C. The final session was delayed by more than 30 hours amid an ongoing stand-off over carbon markets to reduce emissions. Some accused the hosts of not shepherding the agreement through.

...Gross was questioned after multiple complaints were filed with prosecutors by Polish citizens over an article published in 2015 in which Gross said Poles killed more Jews than Germans during the German occupation – a claim that challenges a widespread conviction in Poland that the Polish response was almost exclusively honourable. Gross made the comparison in an article published by Project Syndicate in September critical of how Poland and other eastern European countries have reacted to the migrant crisis. He decried as “heartless” the region’s opposition to accepting refugees and argued that the attitude was rooted in the region’s “murderous...

Poland arrests three over roof collapse tragedy www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-21 00:05:44 WARSAW, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Poland has detained and plans to indict three company employees over the collapse of an exhibition hall roof that killed 65 people last month, an official said on Tuesday. Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told reporters after a cabinetmeeting that prosecutors had arrested three staff of MTK, which managed the exhibition hall in the southern industrial town of Chorzow, and intended to charge them with unintentionally causing the disaster. "Police have detained three individuals, including two management board members and the technical director of MTK," Ziobro...

Tragedy caused by negligence 01.02.2006 Poland’s justice minister has said that it is probable that the tragedy in Katowice was caused by negligence of the people responsible for the exhibition hall. Speaking on Polish Radio Zbigniew Ziobro added that certain doubts remain concerning the plans of the building and the construction work.. He said that the construction of the hall was to weak but added that the maintenance left a lot to be desired. The roof of the hall in Katowice was covered with a heavy, half-meter layer of snow and ice. His statement contradicted reported claims by the exhibition...

Relatives wait for news of loved ones Reuters Chorzow: Distraught relatives gathered in sub-zero temperatures yesterday at the site of a collapsed exhibition hall in Poland to discover whether their loved ones were among the dead pulled from the rubble. Hopes were fading that any more survivors would be found in the wreckage of the hall, which had been staging an event for international pigeon enthusiasts when the snow-laden roof collapsed on Saturday. After a night in which temperatures plunged to 15 Celsius emergency services said they were shifting their focus from rescue efforts to clearing the rubble. "I was...

Day of mourning to be announced in Poland 29.01.2006, 07.44 WARSAW, January 29 (Itar-Tass) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski has decided to announce a day of mourning for the people who died under the rubble of an exhibition hall in Katowice on January 28. According to preliminary estimates, nearly 1,000 people were trapped in the pavilion when the roof collapsed. The accident killed at least 26 people, including children and foreign nationals. More than 130 people were hospitalized. The international show of racing pigeons attracted participants from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine and Poland. Police said the roof could have...