POLAND: The Two Fighting To Become The Next President.

TIMESONLINE/ Brief profiles/     Two candidates from Prime Minister Donald Tusk's center-right Civic Platform are fighting to be Poland's next president since the incumbent Lech Kaczynski — the opposition leader's twin brother — seems to be out of the running. They are Radek Sikorski, 47, and Bronislaw Komorowski, 57. Sikorski studied at Oxford,  palled-around with Margaret Thatcher and has a glamorous political background. Komorowski ran anti-communist groups and was locked up in internment camps.

POLAND: Foreign Minister Demands Bases Manned With U.S. Troops.

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Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, alarmed by a recent Russian military exercise, wants more US military on Polish soil. "We would like to see US troops stationed in Poland to serve as a shield against Russian aggression," he said. A Russian spokesman said "Cold War reflexes are still alive in Warsaw." Another said "It is better to ask the World Health Organisation for an assessment of Mr Sikorski's words."