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Analysis: Poland ends Kaczynski reign.

UPI International Intelligence

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Byline: STEFAN NICOLA

BERLIN, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The reign of the infamous Kaczynski twins in Poland is over. While Europe is sighing in relief, a new Polish government may update its relations with the United States and pull out its troops from Iraq.

Opposition leader Donald Tusk and his Civic Platform emerged as the big winners of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Poland. With 41.4 percent, the Civic Platform won 209 seats in the 460-member Parliament, after early elections Tusk and the Kaczynski twins (Prime Minister Jaroslav and President Lech) had labeled "decisive" for the country.

The Kaczynskis' Law and Justice Party, or PiS, which had …

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