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media type="custom" key="9496560" width="100" height="100" 1. ﻿__[|BREAKING NEWS: Poland President Dies In Plane Crash]__ ﻿- On Saturday April, 10 polands president died along with the 95 other people on the plane. No one came out of the crash alive. The plane was taking people to a town in Russia for the 70th anniversry of the World War II killing. Their were many important people on the plane that died that day. One was the president, but also Kaczynski's wife Maria, Poland's army chief, deputy foreign minister, central bank governor and scores of Polish legislators. People said that the plane crashed into a bunch of trees, then broke into several pieces, and then burst into flames. Not only was Poland in devestation because of the death of their president, but Barack Obama was talking about the amount of loss the world had suffered because of this one plane crash. After many people got the news, crowds were seen going to the Presidential Palace to be with each other. They were crying and mourning. 2. __Dog rescued from icy water finds sea legs__- Being in the cold is bad for most of us. We like to be warm and cozy. For one dog this was the exact opposite of what he got. Baltic was found in the icy waters of the Vistula River. Nobody know how he got out into the middle of the river, but many were glad that he was found. This wasn't a famous dog. Just a regular, same old same old kind of thing. The crew of the Baltica research ship found this dog and spent hours trying to rescue him and get him warmed up. Once Baltic was safe he made the headlines of many European News stations. People were basically lining up to adopt him, but the captain of the Baltica decided that he wanted to keep him on the ship as a "mascot." One of the men on the ship said that when the sea is rough Baltic shows signs of anxiety, but when it is calm Baltic is perfectly happy.

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3. __**Gaddafi’s wife and daughter in Poland?-**__ Gaddafi is the leader of all the violence in Libya. He is the reason for all the fighting and his wife and daughter are paying for that. Safia Gaddafi and her daughter Aisha are not allowed to go very many places becasue of their husband and father. They are on the UN sanctions list which means they are being watched closely in whatever they are doing.===== A man that works for a security source told people that he saw two women that were Libyan race come to Tunisian Island of Djerba on May 14th. Nobody is for sure what they are doing, but some think they are just seeking safety from all the violence. Poland did not send military forces to Libya, but every single governmental party has criticised Gaddafi regime. 4. __**Poland targets shale gas despite pollution concern-**__ Warsaw Poland is dependent on Russia to import oil to the country. They want to be independent so they are considering a "major investment" of shale gas. Shale gas is environmentaly dangerous. The United States and Canada were the first to use this gas. Poland knows of the risks of using this gas, but they say that they cant do anything else. With all the things going on in North Africa and the problems in Japan, gas prices have been soaring ever since. To get the shale gas you have to drill underground and bring up huge amounts of sand and chemical-laced water. This is a big problem for Poland because the amount of water used to do this hydrofracturing is not available to Poland. Poland is also almost four times more densely populated brings a new problem to the table. In the USA we have room to do the drilling required, but Poland has less room to do what is nessecary. Although their are many risks to using shale gas, Poland is willing to learn how to manage them. They have been watching what the USA does in their shale gas projects and what the USA is doing to prevent certain things from going wrong. Polish experts say that letting the people know what they are doing to make this project work is very important. 5. __Wrong Side of the Fence-__ Living in a house with a fence surrounding it, guards watching it, and a community watch group. That all sounds like it would be safe to live in right. In Poland fenced communities became popular in the 1990's. People started to think that they werent safe with just locked doors and windows. They wanted fences and guards. Many would say this is the safest way to go, but many think the opposite. Poland's fenced communities experienced a lesson on fences. Fences cant keep all the bad guys out. In a study done, police found that the "bad guys" were legal to be in the communities. One was a guard who was setting cars on fire, one was a nanny who was stealing from the family she babysat for, another was a man's drunken son who ran a BMW into people's cars. The "fenced communities" aren't what makes them safe. When you put fences up it make people think you are keeping some valuable away from them.