http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h00yyMFioo-BZVloU5QviTtVItrg?docId=CNG.5bd87fe4dd7ef5a736775fcc25089802.3d1Ninety-two Germans were among 210 people arrested by Polish police after the clashes in Warsaw that left dozens of people hurt, police said Saturday.
Hanka Kubicka, a spokeswoman for anti-far-right movement the November 11 Agreement which organised several of the rallies, said the Germans were "anti-fascism activists". "They answered our call (to demonstrate) and our rallies were open to everyone," she said. Other foreigners detained during Friday's violence included a Dane, a Hungarian and a Spaniard, according to the police
Several thousand right-wing nationalists and football fans were opposed by about nearly 2000 anarchists, anti-Nazi and gay-rights activists as they tried to stage a march in central Warsaw. The right-wingers destroyed at least three police vans and two television vehicles in a rampage.
Official ceremonies marking 93 years since Poland regained independence were held across the ex-communist EU member of 38 million. ... The Republic of Poland was reborn November 11, 1918 after having been wiped off the map of Europe for 123 years in a three-way carve-up between Tsarist Russia, Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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