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Poland's Last Communist Leader Wojciech Jaruzelski Dies

Poland's last communist leader, Wojciech Jaruzelski, has died at the age of 90. Jaruzelski imposed martial law in Poland in 1981 to crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement and to protect the communist leadership. Under martial law, which lasted until 1983, dozens of  demonstrators were killed and thousands more, including Lech Walesa, were jailed. But the World War II veteran and former defense minister engaged Solidarity and other groups in talks that led to radical...


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