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Tuesday 07 September 2010

LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot
Zofia Korbonska was underground resister, VOA journalist

By Ted Lipien
The Washington Times
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Zofia Korbonska, who passed away last week in Washington at the age of 95, was a heroic figure of the anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resistance movement in Poland between 1939 and 1947. In later years, driven from her native country by the socialist regime, she worked tirelessly in the United States as a Voice of America (VOA) journalist to bring uncensored news to her native country. Read more

VOA journalists resist plans to restrict mission in support of media freedom WIKINEWS, February 25, 2007>>

Subverting journalism in Poland by intelligence services, The Polonia Portal, January 30, 2007>>

Russia Considering Libel Suits Over Reporting on Litvinenko Wikinews, December 10, 2006>>

Ted Lipien created FreeMediaOnline.org, a Web site and foundation to support independent journalism. He is lobbying to maintain Voice of America programs in Russia... A New Leader at a Voice Long Familiar to Listeners, The New York Times, November 27, 2006>>

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