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Russia Blames Polish Crew in Kaczynski Plane Crash

MOSCOW -- Russian officials investigating the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski placed the blame squarely on the Poles on Wednesday, saying the crew was pressured to land in bad weather by an air force commander who had been drinking. Kaczynski and 95 others, including his wife, died in April 2010...

Amir Khan Flies to Pakistan to Assist With Disaster Relief

WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion Amir Khan of England has flown to Pakistan to assist with disaster relief. The 23-year-old Khan (23-1, 17 knockouts), a former Olympic silver medalist of Pakistani descent, left for Pakistan early on Monday but already had been raising awareness concerning the flooding...

Amir Khan Mulls Pakistan Relatives in Flood Disaster

WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion Amir Khan of England is considering a Dec. 11 bout with Argentinian-born WBA interim king Marcos Rene Maidana in the United Kingdom, as well as future opportunities against WBA and WBO lightweight (135 pounds) titlist and three-division champion Juan Manuel Marquez, and the...

Passengers Were in Cockpit Before Deadly Polish Crash

(May 19) -- A preliminary investigation into the plane crash that killed Poland's president and dozens of the country's top officials has found that several passengers were present in the cockpit just before the accident. Speaking at a Moscow conference on the accident, Tatyana Anodyna -- head of the Russian committee...

Adamek Dedicating His Fight to Late Polish President Lech Kaczynski

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. In the wake of a tragic airplane crash which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, The First Lady, and 93 others, Polish-born, former light heavyweight (175 pounds) and cruiserweight (200...

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Lech Kaczynski Plane Crash: Twin Brother Says Polish Leader's Death Likely No Accident

The twin brother of the Polish president who died in a 2010 plane crash in Russia claimed Wednesday that the accident is looking increasingly like an assassination and called on the European Union to investigate.

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05/24/12 Football: Polish leader plays down Russian hotel spat Source: EUbusiness - UK Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on Thursday played down calls to move Russia's Euro 2012 team base from a central Warsaw hotel due to concerns about a nearby rally, saying the situation would be under control.
05/24/12 Polish jails ready for Euro fans Source: Sligo Champion Poland is putting hundreds of judges on stand-by and moving some 600 inmates out of prisons in cities hosting European championship games next month to prepare for law-breaking football fans.
05/23/12 Football: Poland asks Russia to change hotel amid demo... Source: EUbusiness - UK Poland has asked Russia to consider shifting its Euro 2012 base from a central Warsaw hotel, Sports Minister Joanna Mucha said Wednesday, amid concerns about a politically-sensitive rally.
05/08/12 Katyn 2. New data confirm Poland's President finished... Source: Kavkaz Center 46, Russian time, that is 5 minutes after the accident, shows that at this time he was still alive (5 minutes after the explosion was too little for any outsider to seize the phone - KC).
04/09/12 Suspicions linger two years after death of Polish... Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Two years after a plane crash in Russia killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of government officials and military leaders, some Poles refuse to accept Polish and Russian investigators' conclusions that the crash was caused by weather and pilot error.

Background on Lech Kaczynski

Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 1949 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the Law and Justice party.

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