Read more Poland stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1066/poland.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:57:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71490/new-museum-piece-shows-viewers-total-blackness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tate Modern's latest installation is an enormous steel container—100 feet long, 43 feet high, and 30 feet wide—that envelops visitors in total darkness upon entering. How It Is , by Polish artist Miroslaw Balka, is lined with a suede-like material that is 10 times darker than black paint....http://www.newser.com/story/71490/new-museum-piece-shows-viewers-total-blackness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 15:05:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70800/polanski-rape-happened-at-nicholsons-pad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThink you know everything about Roman Polanski? You’re probably wrong. AskMen.com compiles a list of surprising tidbits about the headline-grabbing statutory rapist: It happened at Jack Nicholson’s house: Somehow lost in the hubbub was the fact that the crime took place at Nicholson’s home, where Polanski took victim Samantha...http://www.newser.com/story/70800/polanski-rape-happened-at-nicholsons-pad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 16:26:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70846/ig-nobels-laud-goofy-science.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe scientific world’s best and brightest gathered last night to honor the silliest. Eight Nobel laureates showed up to hand out the “Ig Nobels,” which honor funny, weird, and downright silly discoveries. The winners included: Public health: Dr. Elena Bodnar, who invented a bra that can turn into two gas...http://www.newser.com/story/70846/ig-nobels-laud-goofy-science.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 13:30:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70696/france-poland-backtrack-on-polanski-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe governments of France and Poland are beginning to distance themselves from Roman Polanski amid a public backlash against earlier support for the film director, who holds passports from both countries. In France—where the foreign minister called for Polanski's release earlier this week—a government spokesman said yesterday that...http://www.newser.com/story/70696/france-poland-backtrack-on-polanski-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 4:21:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70474/roman-polanski-will-fight-extradition-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoman Polanski is “shocked and dumbfounded” by the Swiss government’s decision to arrest him but is “in fighting mood” and won't be extradited easily, his lawyer said today. Diplomatic wrangling continued over Polanski’s fate, as the French and Polish foreign ministers said they had written to Hillary Clinton to ask...http://www.newser.com/story/70474/roman-polanski-will-fight-extradition-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 14:30:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70374/poland-oks-chemical-castration-for-pedophiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new law in Poland will require convicted pedophiles or those who rape family members to undergo chemical castration when their prison term is up. Human rights groups immediately raised objections, but Poland's prime minister isn't budging—he says the criminals in these cases don't qualify as "human," notes Reuters....http://www.newser.com/story/70374/poland-oks-chemical-castration-for-pedophiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Sep 2009 14:54:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69849/obamas-new-missile-plan-offers-better-defense-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is upgrading missile defense plans in Europe, not abandoning them, writes Robert Gates, the author of the Bush-era plans recently scrapped, in a New York Times op-ed. The previous plan would not have installed the proposed 10 long-range interceptors in Central Europe until at least 2017, while...http://www.newser.com/story/69849/obamas-new-missile-plan-offers-better-defense-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 11:41:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69822/russia-says-it-wont-deploy-missiles-near-poland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussia said today it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust. Neither move, however, represented ceding any significant ground. A plan to place Iskander missiles...http://www.newser.com/story/69822/russia-says-it-wont-deploy-missiles-near-poland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 19:11:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69753/putin-praises-us-for-ditching-missile-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a development sure to further tick off President Obama's critics on the right, Vladimir Putin says he's quite pleased with the decision to scrap an American missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, the New York Times reports. “I very much hope that this correct and brave decision will be followed...http://www.newser.com/story/69753/putin-praises-us-for-ditching-missile-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 11:08:55 CDT