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Rundown monument provokes diplomatic feud

Aug 24, 2005
By Milda Seputyte

VILNIUS - Offended by the demolition of a monument commemorating Polish soldiers in Lithuania, Poland has asked the Foreign Ministry to re-erect the statue in Varena.The Polish Embassy passed an official note to the ministry on Aug. 20 requesting that they either replace or build a new memorial to Polish soldiers killed in the Lithuanian-Polish battles that followed World War I.The monument was located next to the Saint Michael Archangel Church in Varena and pulled down a week ago as part of a r ...

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