Poland bids farewell to president, wife
Associated Press
KRAKOW, Poland
Tens of thousands of Poles bade farewell to President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday at a state funeral.
Mourners applauded as the coffins bearing Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, were carried slowly past.
Many world leaders, including President Barack Obama, couldn’t attend due to the plume of volcanic ash that blanketed Europe.
The funeral came eight days after the Polish air force Tupolev 154 crashed on approach to Smolensk, Russia.
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