Poland
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canada's national police force has apologized and settled a lawsuit involving the case of an unruly Polish traveler who died after being repeatedly zapped with a Taser at Vancouver's airport.
WARSAW, Poland - A Warsaw court on Tuesday began hearing a lawsuit filed by Lech Walesa in which the Solidarity founder is demanding damages from Polish President Lech Kaczynski for having called Walesa a communist-era agent.
BERN, Switzerland - Roman Polanski lost the first round Tuesday in his battle to avoid extradition to the U.S.
BERN, Switzerland - Roman Polanski lost his first bid to win his freedom Tuesday as the Swiss Justice Ministry rejected an appeal by the 76-year-old to be immediately released from prison, an official said.
GENEVA - Roman Polanski will find out this week whether he will be granted an unlikely release from prison pending his possible extradition to the U.S.
