Warsaw - Poland's equality minister wants to expand a ban on fascist or totalitarian propaganda to include books, clothing and other items, Polish Radio reported on Thursday.

Minister Elzbieta Radziszewska wants to widen a law that prohibits producing fascist or totalitarian propaganda. The legislation would prohibit images of Che Guevara, popular across the world on t-shirts, posters and murals.

Warsaw - Some seven thousand people walked silently at Auschwitz, Poland on Tuesday to honor victims of the Holocaust amid a controversial UN conference on racism.

The March of the Living included Holocaust survivors, some 1,800 Poles and young Jewish students from across the world in a walk going from the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz to Birkenau.

Launched in 1988, the annual tribute comes on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom led the walk, along with Chief Tel Aviv Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau.

Warsaw  - A Polish hostel where a fire killed 22 failed to meet fire safety standards, firefighters said Thursday after an inspection.

Deputy Premier Grzegorz Schetyna said those responsible for the technical state of the building will be held accountable.

The commission ruled that the building's construction was a life hazard to residents, the Polish Press Agency PAP reported. The hallways, for example, were lined with easily inflammable furniture. The head of the commission called the building unlivable.

Warsaw  - UEFA president Michel Platini gave Poland the thumbs up Thursday after an inspection in Warsaw on the country's preparations for the Euro 2012 football championships.

Platini said he did not see any problems in Poland and was convinced Euro 2012, being co-hosted with Ukraine, would be a success.

The former France international said Poland would have beautiful stadiums, but more importantly football would develop in the former Soviet bloc.

Warsaw - UEFA head Michel Platini was in Ukraine on Wednesday to gather information for a decision on which cities will host Euro 2012 matches in Poland and the former Soviet republic.

Platini at a Kiev press conference said the tournament could be played in "six to eight cities... the best venues possible, the country notwithstanding."

Warsaw - It's billed as a vacation only for those looking for adventure, and a rough ride.

Logos Travel, a Polish agency in the western city of Poznan, is offering the country's first trips to Afghanistan. The 15-day excursions cost some 4,300 dollars, including plane tickets from Warsaw to Kabul.

While Afghanistan is widely known as war-torn after years of conflicts, the organizers insist it's slowly becoming the destination point for "the most ambitious globetrotters."