Lech Kaczynski, the Polish president, and several members of his government have died in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in western Russia. A total of 96 people - mostly Polish officials - were killed on Saturday when the president's Tupolev Tu-154 jet went down in heavy fog, Russia's emergency ministry said. The high-level Polish delegation was on its way to the city of Smolensk to take part in reconciliatory ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre where Russian forces killed more than 20,000 Poles.
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