Sat, 10 Apr, 2010 - 15:17
A week of national mourning has been declared in Poland after the country's President died in a plane crash.
Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of his senior officials were killed as the aircraft tried to land in thick fog in western Russia.
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CourtsLech Kaczynski plane crashPlace: PolandPlace: western RussiaPlace: SmolenskPlace: WarsawPlace: DublinPlace: KatynPlace: Katyn monumentPlace: IraqPlace: AfghanistanPlace: GibraltarPlace: South AfricaPerson: presidentPerson: Lech KaczynskiPerson: Sergei AnufrievPerson: prime ministerPerson: Donald TuskPerson: Brian CowenPerson: President KaczynskiPerson: Sergei MarkinPerson: Piotr PaszkowskiPerson: PaszkowskiPerson: prime minister Vladimir PutinPerson: KaczynskiPerson: TuskPerson: President Barack ObamaPerson: ObamaPerson: Wladyslaw SikorskiPerson: P.J. CrowleyPerson: Guido WesterwellePerson: WesterwelleEvent: World War 2Event: Katyn massacreEvent: World War IIOrganisation: RussiaOrganisation: Aviation Safety NetworkOrganisation: AeroflotOrganisation: Rossiya-24Organisation: European UnionOrganisation: PolandOrganisation: EUOrganisation: USOrganisation: US State Department
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