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Poland remembers plane crash dead [Apr 10, 2012] Poland marks the anniversary of the 2010 plane crash that killed its president Lech Kaczynski with ceremonies in Warsaw and Smolensk. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poles protest probe of president's plane crash [Apr 10, 2012] Protesters burn an effigy of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in front of Russia's Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, April 9, to say they believe that the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia was an assassination and not an accident, as Polish and Russian probes have concluded. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland Marks Anniversary of Smolensk Tragedy [Apr 10, 2012] Poland marks Tuesday the two-year anniversary of the plane crash near Russia's Smolensk, which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, First Lady Maria Kaczynska, and 94 people from the country's political and military elite. On April 10 2010, the government TU-154M took off on its way to Katyn to commemorate 70th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre. The plane crashed near Smolensk during landing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish prosecutor says there is no evidence 2010 plane crash was assassination [Mar 30, 2012] WARSAW, Poland - Poland's top prosecutor says no evidence to date supports theories that a 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski was an assassination. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland: President killed by poor planning [Mar 10, 2012] WARSAW, Poland, March 9 (UPI) -- The plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Russia could have been prevented by using another airport, a report released Friday said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland casts new doubts on Russian finding of 2010 plane crash [Jan 17, 2012] Polish investigators cast doubt Monday on a Russian assertion that an intoxicated Polish air force general pressured pilots into making a risky landing in fog that resulted in the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland?s president. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland casts doubt on Russian plane crash finding [Jan 16, 2012] WARSAW, Poland ? Polish investigators cast doubt Monday on a Russian assertion that a Polish air force general pressured pilots into making a risky landing in fog that resulted in the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland's president. [via YahooNews] More >>

'Please give me a five-minute break, I need to rest': Moment Polish military prosecutor SHOT himself after news ... [Jan 10, 2012] A Polish prosecutor shot himself today in dramatic footage caught on film in his office after cutting short a news conference. Moments earlier, he had defended a military investigation into leaks related to a plane crash that killed Poland's president two years ago. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish prosecutor Mikolaj Przybyl shoots himself after news conference [Jan 09, 2012] Mikolaj Przybyl shot himself in his office in Poznan after reading a statement in which he defended a military investigation into leaks related to a plane crash that killed Poland's president two years ago. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish prosecutor shoots self after news conference [Jan 09, 2012] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish military prosecutor shot himself in the head on Monday after abruptly cutting short a news conference in which he had defended a military investigation into leaks related to a plane crash that killed Poland's president in Russia two years ago. Mikolaj Przybyl was taken to hospital after reporters found him lying on the floor of his office in a pool of blood shortly ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish prosecutor shoots self after news conference [Jan 09, 2012] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish military prosecutor shot himself in the head Monday after abruptly cutting short a news conference in which he had defended a military investigation into leaks related to a plane crash that killed Poland's president in Russia two years ago. Mikolaj Przybyl was taken to hospital after reporters found him lying on the floor of his office in a pool of blood shortly after ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish prosecutor shoots self after news conference [Jan 09, 2012] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish military prosecutor shot himself on Monday after cutting short a news conference in which he had defended a military investigation into leaks related to a plane crash that killed Poland's president two years ago. [via YahooNews] More >>

In Polish election, government challenged by rival who accuses it of murder [Oct 05, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Poland?s centrist ruling party was campaigning hard to maintain its lead before weekend elections, fending off challenges from a new socially liberal party and a traditional rival that has accused it of responsibility for a plane crash that killed a generation of top politicians. Prime Minister Donald Tusk?s Civic Platform appeared headed to re-election after four years of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Lonely Twin - Jaroslaw Kaczynski Loses His Political Compass [Sep 29, 2011] Since the death of his twin brother in the Smolensk disaster, Jaroslaw Kaczynski appears to have lost his political instinct. Poland is getting tired of his paranoid rhetoric about the causes of the plane crash. His Law and Justice party faces defeat in the upcoming parliamentary election. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland exhumes first Smolensk crash victim [Aug 29, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland exhumed on Monday the first victim of last year's plane crash in western Russia, which killed the country's president and 95 others, because of concerns that the Russian autopsy may be faulty. [via YahooNews] More >>

Region: Pilots at fault for Smolensk - Polish report [Aug 07, 2011] A 15-month investigation has concluded the plane crash that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczy?ski was caused by mistakes made primarily by Poland's military pilots. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish president sets Oct. 9 as election date [Aug 05, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's president has set Oct. 9 as the date for parliamentary elections, opening a campaign certain to be shaped by bitter disputes over the plane crash last year that killed President Lech Kaczynski and other political figures. The country's second most popular party is Law and Justice, the conservative nationalist force led by the late ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland dismisses air force officials after plane crash report [Aug 05, 2011] Warsaw, Aug 5 (IANS) Poland has disbanded a special air force regiment responsible for carrying top officials and dismissed 14 high-ranked officials after the probe into the plane crash that killed its former president, Xinhua reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland shakes up military after crash embarrassment [Aug 04, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland announced on Thursday the sacking of more than a dozen top air force and defense ministry officials as part of a wide-ranging shakeup of the military after a scathing report into last year's plane crash that killed the country's president. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish air force unit disbanded due to 2010 crash [Aug 04, 2011] MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's government disbanded an air force regiment and fired some high-ranking officers Thursday after an official report blamed poor pilot training and lax security procedures for a plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others. The moves came as part of the government's crackdown related to last week's Polish report on the ... [via YahooNews] More >>