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U.S. Army vehicles cross the Polish border in Olszyna, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 heading for their new base in Zagan. First U.S. troops arrive in Zagan in western Poland as part of deterrence force of some 1,000 troops to be based here and reassure Poland that is worried about Russia's activity.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Young people riding on the subway with no pants on as they join a global happening in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, amid freezing winter weather outside.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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FILE -- In this June 18, 2015 file photo U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters support soldiers during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland. Polish leaders say the country is buying Polish-made Black Hawk helicopters as it modernizes the army. The announcement comes days after Poland scrapped plans to buy 50 French-made military helicopters from Airbus Helicopters for 3.14 billion euros (US dollar 3.5 billion). (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, file)
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Pope Francis meets bishops in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Pope Francis has prayed by the relics of the late pope from Poland, St. John Paul II, and has met with Poland's bishops who vowed to "listen carefully" to his teaching. (Daniel Dal Zennaro/Pool Photo via AP)
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Pope Francis, center, flanked by Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, arrives for an official welcoming ceremony at the royal Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions, Pope Francis said Wednesday as he traveled to Poland on his first visit to Central and Eastern Europe in the shadow of the slaying of a priest in France. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP)
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No Troops to Poland Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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President Barack Obama pauses as he makes a statement on the fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota after arriving in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 8, 2016. Obama traveled to Poland to attend the NATO summit and then will travel on to Spain. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Gustave Courbet's "Landscape Around Ornans," a historic 19th century painting looted by Nazis during World War Ii, was recovered by the Commission for Art Recovery in Poland four years ago.
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Illustration on Poland's resistance to EU dissemination of Syrian refugees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016.(AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
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In towns like Slubice, Poland — seen across the Oder River from Frankfurt, Germany — residents complain about being left out of Poland's post-communist economic success. These voters propelled Poland's right wing into office this fall. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Army helicopters transport soldiers during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Illustration on the renewal of Gdansk, Poland by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Washington Wizards guard Ramon Sessions (7) and center Marcin Gortat (4), from Poland, celebrate after a play in the first half of Game 4 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Toronto Raptors, Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat (4), from Poland, reaches for the ball as Portland Trail Blazers center Robin Lopez (42) drives to the basket in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 16, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat, left, of Poland, looks to pass against Charlotte Hornets center Al Jefferson in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 9, 2015, in Charlotte, N.C. The Wizards won 95-69. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Young people are walking with gifts for their loved ones in celebration of Valentine's Day in the center of Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Russia leaders hope to draw world leaders away from neighboring Poland's planned commemorations and instead to Moscow, where the annual Victory Day parade will take place May 9. The plan highlights ongoing tensions between Russia and the West.
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liberation: Geopolitics may sabotage Europe's commemorating the 70th anniversary of the close of World War II, including the liberation of the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Poland and nearby Russia may host competing ceremonies. (associated press photographs)
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski's invite to world leaders to mark the anniversary of the war's close in May will compete with celebrations in Moscow.
