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Poland is in mourning - The people in Poland are in schock after the death of president Lech Kaczyinski in a plane crash

Constanze TressApril 10, 2010

Poland will hold a week of national mourning for the victims of the crash. The speaker of the country's parliament, Bronislaw Komorowski, has taken charge of presidential duties -- he said Poland was united in mourning. Prime minister Donald Tusk is on his way to Smolensk. He said the plane crash was an unprecendented tragedy.

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