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President Lech Kaczynski's death in a plane crash on Saturday, ...
Africasia

Poland in shock over President Kaczynski's death‎...
Deutsche Welle

Klaus shocked by news about Kaczynski´s death in plane accident‎...
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed...
CNN

President Lech Kaczynski and scores of other senior Polish figures have been killed in a plane crash in Russia.
BBC