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Walesa demands Grass give up Polish honor after SS confession Former Polish president Lech Walesa has demanded that German Nobel laureate for literature Guenter Grass renounce his honorary citizenship of Gdansk after the shock admission he served in the Nazis' notorious Waffen SS elite force during World War II. 2006-08-14 People: [Guenter Grass] [Lech Walesa] Author attacked for belated SS confession 2006-08-13 People: [Lech Walesa] Polish leader appoints twin brother PM President Lech Kaczynski appointed his identical twin brother Jaroslaw as the new prime minister, the presidential Web site said. Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and his government formally resigned earlier in the day, paving the way for Jaroslaw Kaczynski to form a new government. 2006-07-10 People: [Lech Walesa] Poles Crowd Rome Streets for Pope Funeral VATICAN CITY - Poles turned out by the tens of thousands for Pope John Paul II's funeral Friday, flooding St. Peter's Square with their national flags and huddling around portable radios to hear a Polish translation of the ceremony. 2005-04-08 People: [Lech Walesa] Activities: [2005 Pope John Paul Death] Poles weep as their moral guide John Paul dies WADOWICE, Poland - Poles wept and prayed in grim silence after their beloved countryman and spiritual guide, Pope John Paul II, died on Saturday. 2005-04-02 People: [Lech Walesa] Activities: [2005 Pope John Paul Death] Headlines Walesa demands Grass give up Polish honor after SS confession 2006-08-14 Author attacked for belated SS confession 2006-08-13 Polish leader appoints twin brother PM 2006-07-10 Poles Crowd Rome Streets for Pope Funeral 2005-04-08 Poles weep as their moral guide John Paul dies 2005-04-02 Iranian Activist Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2003-10-10 Iranian Reformers Hail Nobel Prize Winner 2003-10-10 Poles Return to Europe With EU Vote 2003-06-08 Hollywood steals Philadelphia's July 4 show 2001-07-10 Taiwan president-elect upbeat on China 2000-05-19 China: Stay Away From Taiwan 2000-05-18 Who's Who at the NATO Summit 1999-04-26 US Granting Visa to Lien Chan; More Trip Planned for Europe 1997-01-08 Most-viewed China: Stay Away From Taiwan 2000-05-18 Poles Crowd Rome Streets for Pope Funeral 2005-04-08

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