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Source: BBC World Service "Europe Today"

Roundup

8-29-05

Solidarity marks 25 years

Celebrations got underway today marking the creation of the Solidarity movement 25 years ago. The trade union is widely credited with hastening the collapse of communism. Mike Donkin reports.

Read entire article at BBC World Service "Europe Today"