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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Dramatic Impact on Polish Politics


The death in a plane crash Saturday of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, together with the cream of the nation's conservative opposition and the entire command of the armed forces, will have a dramatic impact on the nation's politics, politicians and analysts said.

Mr. Kaczynski, together with his twin brother Jaroslaw, was a divisive character within Poland and in Europe. The twins pushed unashamedly for conservative values and a righting of historical wrongs with 20th-century foes Russia and Germ

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