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Poland’s Komorowski scores 52.63 percent in vote (AFP)

July 4th, 2010

Polish politician Bronislaw Komorowski scored 52.63 percent of votes in the country's presidential elections with returns from 95.1 percent of polling stations counted, the state election commission said Monday.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - Liberal Bronislaw Komorowski scored 52.63 percent of votes with returns from 95.1 percent of polling stations counted in Poland’s snap presidential election, the state election commission said Monday.


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Elaborate state funeral for Poland’s first couple (AP)

April 18th, 2010

Jaroslaw Kaczynski heads the procession behind coffin carrying his brother Late Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Krakow, Poland Sunday, April 18, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria Kaczynska who were killed in a plane crash in Russia are to be buried after a state funeral at Krakow's Wawel Cathedral. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - An elaborate state funeral for Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, was held Sunday bereft of many world leaders whose travel plans were paralyzed by the…

Tears as body of Poland’s first lady returns home (AP)

April 13th, 2010

People mourn as the as the coffin of Maria Kaczynska, wife of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, arrives at the Presidential palace in Warsaw, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Kaczynski, his wife 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 landing in thick fog in western Russia. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - The body of Poland’s first lady was flown home from Russia to an emotional welcome Tuesday and Parliament held a special observance in memory of the president and…

Body of Poland’s First Lady returns home (AP)

April 13th, 2010

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski attends a repatriation ceremony for the body of Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska at an airport in Warsaw April 13, 2010. Russian investigators found the body of Polish President Lech Kaczynski's wife Maria after the president's coffin was returned home on Sunday to a Warsaw awash with flowers, candles and red-white national flags, but had identified the remains of only a quarter of the 96 victims of the crash. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER OBITUARY)AP - The body of Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska was returned from Russia on Tuesday as Parliament prepared to hold a special observance in memory of the president and…

Body of Poland’s First Lady returned home (AP)

April 13th, 2010

Jaroslaw Kaczynski (L) and Marta (R), daughter of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, arrive for a repatriation ceremony for Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska at the airport in Warsaw April 13, 2010. Russian investigators found the body of Kaczynski's wife Maria after the president's coffin was returned home on Sunday to a Warsaw awash with flowers, candles and red-white national flags, but had identified the remains of only a quarter of the 96 victims of the crash. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER OBITUARY)AP - The body of Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska is being flown back from Russia as members of parliament prepare to hold a special observance in memory of their…

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