Lech Kaczynski

A military prosecutor in Poland attempted to take his own life Monday by shooting himself in the head after wrapping a news conference on the plane crash that killed the country's president. According to reports, Mikolaj Przybyl shot himself inside his...

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...

MOSCOW -- At least 44 people were killed when a passenger plane broke up and caught fire on coming into land in heavy fog in north-western Russia, an Emergency Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The Tupolev-134 plane, carrying 43 passengers and nine...

Here's an interesting story from the DePaulia, about how Polish language and history classes have essentially been phased out from the university's curriculum, a contrast from the city's other large four-year universities: The first anniversary of...

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BRUSSELS -- European and other U.S. allies will contribute more than 5,000 new troops to the international force in Afghanistan, NATO's chief said Wednesday, declaring that the war is not America's alone. Still, aside from Poland, the pledges came in...

The Orlando Magic are in Cleveland today to face the Cleveland Cavaliers, who might or might not have LeBron James on the court. Today's daily NBA links look at that game, Magic players' hidden talents and James' plans in free agency. Onto the links: 1....

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who planned to fly to Poland tonight to attend the funeral of former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, today cancelled that journey because of the plume of volcanic ash from Iceland that has closed airports......

President Obama is not the only one whose European travel plans were hampered by a cloud of volcanic ash Saturday. As the White House issued a statement that Obama would not be traveling to Poland for the funeral of President......

Former world light-heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek has dedicated his Saturday night heavyweight bout against Riverside's Cris Arreola in Ontario to the late president of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, and all countrymen affected by the...