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Turkey says Poland mulls buying from Turk pipelines ANKARA, July 6 (Reuters) - Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said on Thursday that Poland was interested in energy cooperation and was considering buying from energy pipelines that will cut through Turkey. Poland considers meeting some of its energy needs through the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project, which will pump central Asian gas via Turkey to Austria, and Turkey's Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline project, said Hilmi Guler after meeting the president of Poland's parliament. The Nabucco, supported by the European Union, is designed to increase Europe's access to alternative sources of natural gas...

  For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryMay 6, 2006 President's Radio Address       Audio      In Focus: Medicare      THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I want to talk with you about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage that went into effect at the start of this year. Everyone on Medicare is eligible for this new coverage, but the enrollment deadline of May 15th is just over a week away. For those of you with Medicare who have not yet signed up, it is important for you to review your options and choose a plan. By enrolling before the deadline, you...

It is official. On the 15th of next I become OLD.Were I a car instead I would become a 'classic'. Maybe a '41' Buick, DeSoto, Kaiser-Frazier or Studebaker.But I'm not so I'll just be an old man with clogged pipes, sludge in the oil, a stiff differential and worn out joints. A man with less income and no medical insurance approachingdecision time inundated by mountains of conflicting information.(Like trying to process a program that would stretch a super-computer with only an 8 bit processor, 32k of unreliable RAM and a cranky CPU.)Freeperstan being the repository of the greatest minds still...

Israelis lining up for Polish citizenship By Joshua Mitnick THE WASHINGTON TIMES TEL AVIV -- Nestled in a quiet residential neighborhood, the Polish Embassy building has become a site of pilgrimage for a growing tide of Israelis who are seeking to reclaim what under Polish law is their birthright. Almost a year after Poland became part of the European Union last May, thousands of Israelis are eyeing the homeland of their parents and grandparents as a ticket to sharing in the prosperity of the new Europe. Some just want the convenience of traveling on the Continent as an EU citizen....

Here come the Hummers - the Polish Army's new heavyweight fleet From Poland A.M. The Polish army will soon receive 217 famous American armor-plated Hummer vehicles, bought using money from a $22 million indefinite loan from the States. "The first cars will be here by August 23-25 and later deliveries will arrive every month," said Lieutenant-Colonel Krzysztof Kokoszka. The first Hummers will not be ready for use until fall, as they have to be adapted to Polish road conditions first. The vehicles are 4.6 m long, 2 m wide, carry six soldiers and are the U.S. light infantry's primary transport....

Poles angered by German claim of wartime damages REPARATION: Warsaw threatened to instigate a counter-claim in response to Germans' attempts to regain property they had lost after World War II AP , WARSAW Friday, Jul 16, 2004,Page 6 Warsaw will seek compensation for damage the Nazis inflicted on the occupied capital during World War II if Germans forced from prewar homes in western Poland don't give up claims to their former property, the city's mayor said on Wednesday. Some German groups and individuals have threatened to use Poland's entry into the EU on May 1 to regain property or seek...

<p>Help our allies, or the French? You decide.</p> <p>Friday, December 12, 2003 12:01 a.m.</p> <p>OK, it was probably bad timing. Just at the moment the U.S. is going to ask Germany, France and Russia to forgive a big chunk of Iraqi debt, the U.S. put its finger in their collective eye.</p>