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Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states, all once held within the Soviet Union’s embrace, are rallying behind Georgia against Russia’s military incursion and any threat to their own independence.

Poland said Wednesday it was hoping to seal a deal with Washington on hosting a controversial US missile shield, after the start of a new round of their long-running talks.

Estonia and Poland are lending a hand to Georgia to keep its Web sites up and online information flowing.

Golfing or kite surfing are two activities rarely mentioned in connection with Poland, but pre-conceptions about the eastern European nation are not keeping up with developments in its tourist industry.

WARSAW. AUGUST 12. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Poland is likely to send its peacekeeping forces to Abkhazia and South Ossetia if the peacekeeping mission mandate there is changed to allow international forces to the conflict zone, Polish President Lech Kaczynski told reporters at the Warsaw military airport right before departing for Tbilisi.

WARSAW. AUGUST 11. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, who was the country’s chief negotiator of the possible deployment of elements of the U.S. missile shield in Poland, was dismissed from his position on Monday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a press conference Monday.

WARSAW (AFP)–The presidents of five ex-communist countries will travel to Georgia to back Georgia in its war with Russia, a senior aide to Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski told AFP Monday.

Germany - Poland - Georgia Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine urged the deployment of European Union peacekeeping forces in the Georgian breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a top Polish official was quoted as in Warsaw Monday.

WARSAW (AFP)–Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday proposed an international stabilization force for the south Caucasus region, a plan he said had the support of four other countries, his office said.

WARSAW, Aug 10, 2008 (AFP) - Poland on Sunday called for the European Union to send a stabilisation force to the embattled south Caucasus region as the bloc prepares to meet this week on the conflict between Russia and Georgia.