Polish authorities worked today to determine the cause of the roof collapse that killed 62 people in southern Poland, as the number of foreign victims rose to eight after a German was identified.

THE Polish community in Ireland was in mourning yesterday after a building in southern Poland collapsed killing 66 people and injuring more than 200.

RESCUERS last night abandoned hope of finding more survivors in the wreckage of an exhibition hall that collapsed in southern Poland.

Polish authorities said today that they were unlikely to find more survivors under the twisted wreckage of an exhibition hall that collapsed during a racing pigeon show, killing at least 66 people and injuring 160.

Rescuers were today searching for victims buried when the roof of an exhibition hall in southern Poland collapsed on a racing pigeon show, killing at least 65 people and injuring a further 160.

EUROPEAN leaders remembered the Holocaust yesterday, the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, with commemorations shadowed by concern over anti-Israeli remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

European leaders remembered the Holocaust today, the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, with commemorations shadowed by concern over anti-Israeli remarks by Iran’s president.

European leaders remembered the Holocaust today, the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, with commemorations shadowed by concern over anti-Israeli remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

A spell of Arctic cold claimed five more lives in Moscow overnight, pushing Russia’s nationwide toll beyond 40 and killing five people in Estonia and Moldova, delaying trains and slowing traffic, officials said today.

Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski today approved extending the country’s military mission in Iraq for another year, the prime minister said.

Politicians from the left and right today criticised new Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz’s decision to extend Poland’s military mission in Iraq.

The US coalition in Iraq saw its size dwindle today as Ukraine and Bulgaria said all of their troops had left the country while Poland said it would remain, but reduce its number of troops by 600 next year.

Poland’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret jails for terrorist suspects there, saying the issue must be cleared up before it becomes “dangerous” for his country.

POLAND served as the CIA’s main centre to detain terrorist suspects in Europe at clandestine prisons, according to remarks by a Human Rights Watch investigator made public Friday.

A Human Rights Watch investigator said Poland was the CIA’s main centre to detain terrorist suspects in Europe at clandestine prisons, a Polish newspaper reported today.

IRELAND will argue against British proposals to reduce EU spending on rural development and cut money for the new member states at a special meeting in Brussels today.

Polish prime minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz today said that reports of the CIA using his country’s airports to transfer terror suspects were worth investigating.

THE election of conservative Lech Kaczynski as Poland’s president on Sunday has sealed a shift to the right with the rise of tough-talking leaders who pledge to protect the country’s interests.

TOUGH-TALKING Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski led Poland’s presidential run-off last night after a campaign in which he stressed traditional Catholic values and the need for a social safety net.

The two centre-right parties that emerged from Poland’s weekend election with the most votes were expected to open coalition talks today, but were first trying to agree on who the chief negotiators should be.

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, a former school principal turned economic adviser, is set to become Poland’s new prime minister as he embarks on talks to form a new government that will try to reduce taxes and increase prosperity for the country’s 38 million residents.

POLAND’S centre-right parties, celebrating a crushing victory yesterday over the ruling left, faced tough talks on forming a coalition amid divisions over the scope of market reforms.