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US Senate resolution on death of Polish president Lech Kaczynski
April 13, 2010Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today cosponsored a Senate resolution expressing sympathy to the people of Poland over the death of president, Lech Kaczynski, and 96 others who were killed in a plane crash. Senators Durbin...
President Kaczynski’s last speech that was not delivered in Katyn
April 13, 2010Below is the text of the speech which Lech Kaczynski, who died on Saturday, was going to deliver at the 70th anniversary ceremony of the Katyn massacre. “Dear Representatives of the Katyn Families. Ladies and Gentlemen. In April 1940 over twenty...
A somber homecoming, Poland in deep mourning after crash
April 11, 2010Polish President Lech Kaczynski's remains have returned to Warsaw as a stunned nation continued to mourn a day after he and much of the country's political elite perished in a plane crash in Russia. Kaczynski's daughter Marta, his twin brother Jaroslaw...
Lech Kaczynski: An anti-communist fighter to the end
April 10, 2010By Anna Zamejc To many Poles, Lech Kaczynski, who has died in a plane crash at the age of 60, was the epitome of steadfastness. He was a dedicated Catholic and staunch advocate of moral clarity in public life. But to others, his socially conservative...
World leaders react to Polish president's death
April 10, 2010World leaders are reacting with sadness to the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, whose plane crashed in Russia early Saturday. U.S. President Barack Obama called the accident a devastating loss for Poland, the U.S. and the world. He said he contacted...
Escaped death: Polish journalist who was supposed to be on Lech Kaczynski crashed plane
April 10, 2010Journalist Marcin Wojciechowski was in the President's pool of journalists. Instead the journalist landed in Smolensk on another plane just an hour before the crash. He gave his perspective on what happened in the RT video below. Polish...
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, other officials killed in plane crash in Russia
April 10, 2010Lech Kaczynski and his wife, along with some Polish government officials, were among 132 people on the plane, which crashed in western Russia. Russian officials say Polish President Lech Kaczynski has died in a plane crash in western Russia. Officials...
BBC: Remembering Katyn, 70 years later
April 07, 2010The Polish prime minister will attend Wednesday's ceremony in Russia marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre of Poles by Soviet forces. It is an unprecedented step, and one which could herald a new era in strained relations between Poland and...
Russian and Polish leaders to mark Katyn anniversary for the first time
April 06, 2010Seven decades ago, Soviet secret police executed thousands of Polish military officers in a forest in Western Russia. On April 7, Russian and Polish leaders will meet to officially commemorate the massacre's anniversary together for the first time. Russian...
Memorial calls on Medvedev to denounce Katyn as crime against humanity
March 06, 2010By Paul Goble On the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s decision to execute more than 21,000 Polish officers at Katyn and other places, the Memorial human rights group has urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to denounce that action as a crime against...
