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...President Obama's nuclear summit, is stuck in New York. According to his press secretary, the Premier is "running the Norwegian government from the United States via his new iPad." As for Obama, he and other world leaders are facing difficulties in attending the state funeral Sunday of President Lech Kaczynski of Poland and his wife. Warsaw's airport is currently closed, and the region is likely to face severe disruptions to air travel for at least another 24 hours. (See pictures of Poland in mourning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air-Travel Chaos Spreads as Volcano Ash Lingers | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...Smolensk airport of a plane carrying dignitaries to a ceremony commemorating that very 1940 massacre - led to the death of nearly 100 of the top political personalities of a newly independent, and once again democratic, Poland. Those who died on this modern pilgrimage of peace included Poland's President, Lech Kaczynski. (See pictures of Poland's days of mourning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Poland's Tragedy, Hope for Better Ties with Russia | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...many Polish undergraduates like Kozak, the deaths of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and top political and military leaders in a plane crash in western Russia over the weekend came as a shock...

Author: By Sirui Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Mourn Polish Dead | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

Kaczynski, 59, was active in the anti-communist opposition since the 1970s and advised the Solidarity hero Lech Walesa during the workers' strikes that led to the toppling of the communist regime in 1989. He later split with Walesa and was a co-founder of the rightist Law and Justice party with his twin brother, Jaroslaw. He resigned from the party when he became president in 2005 but continued to support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Mourns a Devastating Plane Crash | 4/10/2010 | See Source »

While the president's role is largely symbolic, the holder can veto government legislation. Lech Kaczynski infuriated the Tusk government several times by blocking legislation including health sector reform. (See pictures of the Buffalo, N.Y. plane crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Mourns a Devastating Plane Crash | 4/10/2010 | See Source »

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