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Polish Prez, wife among 97 killed in air crash
n Top brass also killed
n Mishap in western Russia
n Fog caused tragedy
Moscow, April 10
Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s top military and civil leaders were killed along with all 97 persons on board

Polish President and wife
Polish President
and wife
the Presidential plane that crashed in dense fog, trying to land against advice by air controllers, in western Russia today.

Many bigwigs have met their end in plane mishaps
Firefighters try to douse the flames near the wreckage of Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft near Smolensk airport in Western Russia on Saturday. Firefighters try to douse the flames near the wreckage of Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft near Smolensk airport in Western Russia on Saturday. — Reuters

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He may have a plateful of domestic woes including staving off the resignation of his Home Minister over the Dantewada massacre, but for Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh foreign policy has always been a happy hunting ground. When he boarded Air India 1 early this morning to head to Washington DC on the first leg of an action packed foreign tour filled with important bilateral and multilateral meetings, the spring in his step showed that he hopes to achieve much on this trip.

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In a piquant situation, insurance regulator IRDA today rejected the market regulator SEBI’s ban on life insurance companies to raise funds through ULIPs (unit-linked insurance policies) and asked them to do business as usual.

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With the dual purpose to attract tourists and give an impetus to the mainstay of state economy, the state government has been eagerly awaiting a notification from the Union Home Ministry to throw open nearly 100 high-altitude Himalayan peaks in cold desert — Ladakh.

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