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Poland's Walesa says Grass owes Poles explanation By Natalia Reiter REUTERS 8:58 a.m. August 18, 2006 WARSAW – Polish Solidarity hero Lech Walesa urged German author Guenter Grass on Friday to prove that a confession about his membership in Hitler's SS was not just a marketing ploy to promote his new novel. The former Polish president also said he would give up his honorary citizenship of Poland's city of Gdansk, if Grass, also a holder of the same title, failed to explain why he decided to confess when his autobiography 'Peeling Onions' came out. 'If Grass will not address his...

A judge stripped suspected former Nazi death-camp guard John Demjanjuk of his US citizenship without hearing evidence that could clear his name, the man's lawyer argued Wednesday. Demjanjuk could face deportation if US District Judge Paul Matia's 2002 order stripping his citizenship stands. The retired Cleveland autoworker has been fighting such charges since 1977. Defense attorney John H. Broadley told the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals that the government did not present entire documents, only the bits and pieces that supported its case. Broadley pointed to the government's refusal to analyze a signature that belonged to a Nazi guard...

MIDI - POP GOES THE WEASEL The Krauts and French scream like they have been Run over by a diesel They know that Rummy got 'em but good --- Axis of Weasels He was telling it like it is Of this he won't tease-el They know Rummy got 'em good -- the Axis of Weasels We spilled our blood and saved them before The French begged pretty please-el They know that Rummy got 'em but good -- Axis of Weasels Krauts will stab you right in the back With a sharpened bezel They know Rummy got 'em good --...