UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution Tuesday that will create the first international day of commemoration for the 6-million Jews and other victims of the Nazi Holocaust.
The International Day of Commemoration will be held every year on Jan. 27.
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman thanked the 191 members of the assembly "at this unique and historic moment."
The resolution was sponsored initially by Israel, the United States, Australia, Canada and Russia. Gillerman said after Tuesday's vote that it had 104 co-sponsors.
Poles remember late pope on All Saints Day
WARSAW, Poland - Poles placed candles and flowers Tuesday under the window from which the late Polish-born Pope John Paul II greeted crowds during visits to Krakow to mark All Saints Day, a church spokesman said.
The Roman Catholic holiday holds special importance for Poles this year after the pontiff's death in April, said Robert Necek, a spokesman for the bishop of Krakow.
It is the first time "the holy father's not here physically, but is here in spirit," Necek said.
