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Thousands of people, many visibly shocked, |
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have gathered outside of the presidential palace |
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in the Polish capital Warsaw |
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after President Lech Kaczynski |
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and dozens of top officials were killed |
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in a plane crash in western Russia. |
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The Prime Minister Donald Tusk |
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called the crash the most tragic event |
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in Poland's recent history. |
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The plane came down in a forest |
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as it's trying to land in fog at Smolensk airport. |
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There were no survivors. |
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Adam Easton reports from Warsaw. |
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Thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace |
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in Warsaw in a spontaneous show of mourning. |
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Families, young and old, brought flowers. |
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Others lit candles. |
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The pavement in front of the building |
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is carpeted with flickering flames. |
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The scale of the disaster is unprecedented - |
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not just the president, |
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but most of the commanders of the armed forces, |
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many leaders from the country's main opposition party |
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and senior state and church officials died in the crash. |