Polish Plane Crash Memorial draws huge crowd
Warsaw’s Pilsudski Square is filled with thousands of mourners today as Poland remembers victims of last Saturday’s plane crash, which killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 dignitaries.
Church bells rang out across the Polish capital at 8:56 am (0656 GMT) this morning, the time the plane came down as it attempted to land in [...]
Mourning a loss: Poles all over the world grieving over the death of their leader
Poland is still struggling to come to terms with the tragic death of President Lech Kaczynski, and dozens of other Polish political, military and religious leaders in the April 10 air crash in Russia.
The government is moving quickly to fill the gaps created by the deaths of so many of the country’s elite. [...]
Nuclear Security Summit on US capital
With some 47 countries in attendance it will be one of the largest gatherings of its kind in the US capital since the late 1940s.
This will be the third element in a nuclear season that began with this month’s unveiling of the Obama administration’s nuclear strategy, the Nuclear Posture Review.
This identified nuclear proliferation–the spread [...]
Polish president died in Russia plane crash
Polish President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of Polish dignitaries and politicians were among 96 people killed when the presidential plane crashed in western Russia on Saturday.
Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the Tupolev, a Soviet-era plane. The president, his wife, Maria, and a delegation of Polish officials were on the [...]
