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Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash (AP)

April 11th, 2010

Volunteers carry candles in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010, after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday April, 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Poland’s government moved swiftly Sunday to show that it was staying on course after the deaths of its president and dozens of political, military and religious leaders, even…

Poles go silent to mourn crash deaths (AP)

April 11th, 2010

A mourner prays in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010, after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday April, 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Thousands of people stood silent in the streets of Poland’s cities Sunday, in a silent memorial to President Lech Kaczynski and the other 95 people killed in a…

Top Polish political, military killed in jet crash (AP)

April 11th, 2010

A mourner holds a prayer in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, April 10, 2010, as news broke out about Polish President's Lech Kaczynski death. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died Saturday along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - The crash of an aging Russian airliner ravaged the top levels of Poland’s military, political and church elite Saturday, killing the Polish president and dozens of other dignitaries…

Poland Mourns a Plane Crash That Decimates Its Government (Time.com)

April 10th, 2010

People light candles and lay flowers in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, April 10, 2010, as news broke  about the death of Polish President  Lech Kaczynski . The  Polish presidential plane with Kaczynski and wife on board crashed near the airport in Smolensk, western Russia, early morning Saturday, April 10, 2010, killing all passengers.  (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)Time.com - The country launches a week of mourning, and says it will launch its own investigation


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Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in crash (AP)

April 10th, 2010

FILE - The Oct. 12, 2007 file photo shows the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski arriving for talks at the chancellery in Berlin. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday, April 11, 2010 when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96, officials said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died Saturday in a plane crash in Russia, was a one-time anti-communist activist who teamed up with his twin brother to take his…

Polish leader, 96 others dead in Russia jet crash (AP)

April 10th, 2010

This image from Polish Television's TVP via APTN shows a firefighter walking near some of the wreckage at the crash site where Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent military and civilian leaders died Saturday April 10, 2010 along with dozens of others when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in near Smolensk in western Russia. (AP Photo/TVP via APTN)AP - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a…

Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash (AP)

April 10th, 2010

In this image taken from Rossia 24 television channel TV, pieces of the plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski lie scattered after crashing near Smolensk in western Russia, Saturday, April 10, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died Saturday along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia, officials said. (AP Photo/Rossia 24 Television Channel) ** TV OUT **AP - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in…

Polish president dies in Russian plane crash (AP)

April 10th, 2010

Image from video footage shows a firefighter working to extinguish the flames from the wreckage of a Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft that crashed near Smolensk airport April 10, 2010. There were no survivors in the crash of the plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Russia on April 10, Polish state news agency PAP reported, quoting local officials in Smolensk. The Polish central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek was also on board the plane, the bank's press office told Reuters. REUTERS/Handout (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died Saturday along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia, officials said.


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Fatal car crash has Russians seething (AP)

March 5th, 2010

AP - A fatal car crash in downtown Moscow has exposed growing public anger at officials who seem to live above the law, as they flout the rules of the…