04-11-2010, 10:34 AM
President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of political and military leaders died in a plane crash today. The jet crashed as it attempted to land at Smolensk airport in Russia in thick fog, killing all 97 people on board.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8613778.stm
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The full story can be found here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8613778.stm