"W" hour - August 1, 1944, 17:00

Yesterday Warsaw celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. At 5 p.m - hour "W" the city's sirens sounded, while all traffic came to a standstill to honor those who fought and died in 1944. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and American State Secretary Colin Powell took part in celebrations. "Now Poland will never be alone - the U.S. stands by you and we are looking into the future together," said Powell. President Aleksander Kwaśnieski said that, "It has to be admitted, with sadness and pain, that the tragedy of those who fought in the uprising continued for years. They were imprisoned, oppressed, humiliated and pushed to the margin of the society." The Chairman of the City Council proposed to make 1 August a National Day for Warsaw Remembrance. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) D.W.