Jenazah Achik selamat dikebumikan
Apr 18, 10 7:44pm
Jenazah vokalis kumpulan Spin, Achik yang meninggal dunia setelah terbabit dalam kemalangan semalam selamat dikebumikan di Makam Tuan Haji Said di Seremban, kira-kira 1 petang ini.
Sebelum itu, jenazah Allahyarham Achik, 27, dituntut oleh ahli keluarga di bilik mayat Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar (HTJ) di Seremban setelah selesai bedah siasat.
Jenazah kemudian dimandi dan dikafankan di hospital itu dan dibawa dengan van jenazah ke rumah mertuanya di Taman Desa Ros, Ampangan di Seremban kira-kira pukul 11.30 pagi bagi membolehkan kaum keluarga dan kenalan terdekat memberi penghormatan terakhir.
Jenazah disembahyangkan di surau Taman Bukti, berhampiran Taman Desa Ros dan dibawa ke tanah perkuburan kira-kira 12.00 tengah hari.
Suasana sedih dan sepi menyelubungi rumah mertua Allahyarham yang dihadiri lebih 100 orang termasuk saudara mara dan penduduk kawasan berkenaan.
Antara artis yang hadir memberi penghormatan terakhir ialah Hattan, Siti Nordiana atau Nana, Tomok dan Lan Kristal.
Achik atau nama sebenarnya Abdillah Murad Md Shari yang popular dengan lagu 'Janji Kita' terbunuh apabila kenderaan pelbagai guna (MPV) yang dinaiki bersama sepupunya, Salihin Md Salleh, 29, terbabas lalu terbakar di KM 14.7, Lebuh Raya Kajang-Seremban (LEKAS) dekat sini kira-kira jam 6.15 petang semalam.
Isteri Allahyarham, HM Rose Zaitul Suriani Wati Maarof, 29, berkata setengah jam sebelum kemalangan itu berlaku, suaminya ada menelefon meminta beliau dan anak supaya bersiap tapi tidak pula dinyatakan hendak ke mana.
"Bagaimanpun tak berapa lama kemudian saya dapat panggilan telefon yang
menyatakan suami saya telah meninggal dunia dalam satu kemalangan. Berita sedih
yang sungguh mengejutkan saya," katanya.
Katanya minggu lalu beliau sekeluarga pindah di sebelah rumah emaknya setelah seminggu sebelum itu Allahyarham beriya-iya mengemas rumah itu termasuk mengecatnya.
"Katanya ini akan memudahkan ibu mertuanya untuk 'melihat' isteri dan anaknya Sofia, 3 tahun dan Safia, 10 bulan," katanya.
Emak Allahyarham Badariah Awaluddin, 54, berkata kali terakhir beliau berjumpa Allahyarham dua minggu lalu di rumah salah seorang adiknya.
"Allahyarham nampak pendiam dan tidak seperti biasa. Allahyarham adalah anak kelima daripada sepuluh orang adik beradik. Suami saya (ayah Allahyarham) telah meninggal dua tahun lalu," katanya.
Sementara itu, Siti Nordiana yang merupakan rakan rapat Allahyarham sejak kecil berkata beliau berasa amat sedih kerana dia adalah orang terakhir berjumpa Allahyarham di Angkasapuri, semalam.
Katanya Allahyarham memang tidak ada apa-apa perubahan, cuma Allahyarham lebih banyak hendak berbual dengannya, tidak macam biasa.
"Semasa di Angkasapuri dia tumpang naik kereta Nana pada jam 5.30 petang semalam sebab keretanya jauh sedikit.....tahu-tahu jam 6 petang dia sudah meninggal dunia. Nana sangat sedih dan terkejut. Tambah sedih lagi semalam Nana lihat anaknya panggil ayah," katanya.
Hattan berkata ia satu kehilangan kerana Allahyarham masih muda lagi dan aktif.
"Saya rasa sedih dan ia juga kehilangan besar buat Negeri Sembilan kerana tidak ramai penyanyi kelahiran Negeri Sembilan. Saya ucapkan takziah dan harap keluarga Allahyarham bersabar menerima dugaan ini," katanya.
Tomok, 26, pula berkata ketiadaan Allahyarham satu kehilangan besar dalam industri muzik.
"Saya amat terkejut dan sedih apabila mendapat berita itu semalam dan tidak sangka Allahyarham pergi dulu. Saya sudah lama tidak berjumpa Allahyarham iaitu sejak lebih setahun," katanya yang seangkatan dengan Allahyarham.
Lan Kristal, 25, pula berkata walaupun tidak rapat tapi terasa kehilangan Allahyarham.
"Saya dapat tahu berita kemalangan dan kematian Achik dari Siti Nordiana melalui khidmat pesanan ringkas," katanya.
- Bernama
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
5 maut, 5 parah kereta bertembung di Kesas
Apr 11, 10 9:15am
Lima maut manakala lima lagi cedera parah selepas dua buah kereta bertembung dalam satu kemalangan di Lebuhraya Kesas berhampiran Pendamar dekat Shah Alam malam tadi.
Dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 7.30 malam itu, empat daripada enam sahabat meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian selepas kereta Proton Iswara yang mereka naiki terbabas dan memasuki laluan bertentangan sebelum bertembung sebuah kereta Honda Civic yang dinaiki empat sekeluarga.
Ketua Trafik dan Ketenteraman Awam Klang, DSP Rosli Abdul Rahman berkata empat mangsa itu belum dikenal pasti manakala seorang lagi yang terkorban ialah pemandu Honda Civic dikenali sebagai Supian Saliman, 41.
Tiga daripada mangsa meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian dan dua lagi di Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, katanya kepada Bernama.
Rosli berkata daripada lima yang cedera, dua adalah kanak-kanak iaitu Aisyah Maisara, enam tahun dan abangnya, Syaril Saszean, 10, dan ibu mereka, Fairuz Mohamad Sharip, 41.
Dua lagi mangsa belum dikenal pasti, katanya.
Beliau berkata berdasarkan pakaian mereka keenam-enam sahabat itu dipercayai dalam perjalanan pulang dari Pulau Indah menuju ke Shah Alam selepas mengikuti latihan taekwando.
Kejadian dipercayai berlaku apabila kereta yang dinaiki enam remaja lelaki berusia antara 13 dan 21 tahun itu terbabas lalu memasuki laluan bertentangan.
Akibat pelanggaran itu, kedua-dua kereta remuk dan mayat mangsa tersepit sehingga terpaksa dikeluarkan dengan bantuan anggota Bomba dan Penyelamat, katanya. mkini
Lima maut manakala lima lagi cedera parah selepas dua buah kereta bertembung dalam satu kemalangan di Lebuhraya Kesas berhampiran Pendamar dekat Shah Alam malam tadi.
Dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 7.30 malam itu, empat daripada enam sahabat meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian selepas kereta Proton Iswara yang mereka naiki terbabas dan memasuki laluan bertentangan sebelum bertembung sebuah kereta Honda Civic yang dinaiki empat sekeluarga.
Ketua Trafik dan Ketenteraman Awam Klang, DSP Rosli Abdul Rahman berkata empat mangsa itu belum dikenal pasti manakala seorang lagi yang terkorban ialah pemandu Honda Civic dikenali sebagai Supian Saliman, 41.
Tiga daripada mangsa meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian dan dua lagi di Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, katanya kepada Bernama.
Rosli berkata daripada lima yang cedera, dua adalah kanak-kanak iaitu Aisyah Maisara, enam tahun dan abangnya, Syaril Saszean, 10, dan ibu mereka, Fairuz Mohamad Sharip, 41.
Dua lagi mangsa belum dikenal pasti, katanya.
Beliau berkata berdasarkan pakaian mereka keenam-enam sahabat itu dipercayai dalam perjalanan pulang dari Pulau Indah menuju ke Shah Alam selepas mengikuti latihan taekwando.
Kejadian dipercayai berlaku apabila kereta yang dinaiki enam remaja lelaki berusia antara 13 dan 21 tahun itu terbabas lalu memasuki laluan bertentangan.
Akibat pelanggaran itu, kedua-dua kereta remuk dan mayat mangsa tersepit sehingga terpaksa dikeluarkan dengan bantuan anggota Bomba dan Penyelamat, katanya. mkini
Rusuhan di Thai 9 mati
Kumpulan Baju Merah bertempur dengan pasukan keselamatan Thailand dalam rusuhan di Bangkok, malam tadi. - AFP
BANGKOK 10 April - Sembilan orang terbunuh manakala beratus lagi cedera apabila pasukan tentera melepaskan tembakan peluru getah dan gas pemedih mata bagi menghadapi berpuluh-puluh ribu penunjuk perasaan yang merusuh dan melontarkan bom petrol di Bangkok, malam ini.
Empat daripada mereka yang terbunuh merupakan penunjuk perasaan, empat anggota tentera dan seorang wartawan, kata Timbalan Gabenor Bangkok, Malinee Sukavrejworakit.
Sekurang-kurangnya 242 orang yang lain cedera termasuk 64 orang anggota tentera dan polis ketika berlaku pertempuran antara penunjuk perasaan dan pasukan keselamatan dekat Jalan Rajdimnoen dan jambatan Phan Fah tidak jauh dari bangunan lama kerajaan dan ibu pejabat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) di Bangkok.
Jurucakap tentera, Sansern Kaewkamnerd berkata, pihak tentera berjaya menawan semula bangunan lama kerajaan itu sehingga ke Jalan Khao San daripada penguasaan kumpulan Baju Merah selepas hampir sejam berlaku pertempuran.
"Jika berlaku keganasan lagi, pihak tentera tidak akan teragak-agak untuk bertindak ke atas kumpulan Baju Merah," kata Sansern.
Sementara itu AP melaporkan, wartawan yang terbunuh itu adalah wartawan Jepun.
Pengarah Hospital Besar BMA, Pichaya Nakwatchara berkata, wartawan tersebut berkhidmat dengan agensi berita Thomson Reuters. - REUTERS
BANGKOK 10 April - Sembilan orang terbunuh manakala beratus lagi cedera apabila pasukan tentera melepaskan tembakan peluru getah dan gas pemedih mata bagi menghadapi berpuluh-puluh ribu penunjuk perasaan yang merusuh dan melontarkan bom petrol di Bangkok, malam ini.
Empat daripada mereka yang terbunuh merupakan penunjuk perasaan, empat anggota tentera dan seorang wartawan, kata Timbalan Gabenor Bangkok, Malinee Sukavrejworakit.
Sekurang-kurangnya 242 orang yang lain cedera termasuk 64 orang anggota tentera dan polis ketika berlaku pertempuran antara penunjuk perasaan dan pasukan keselamatan dekat Jalan Rajdimnoen dan jambatan Phan Fah tidak jauh dari bangunan lama kerajaan dan ibu pejabat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) di Bangkok.
Jurucakap tentera, Sansern Kaewkamnerd berkata, pihak tentera berjaya menawan semula bangunan lama kerajaan itu sehingga ke Jalan Khao San daripada penguasaan kumpulan Baju Merah selepas hampir sejam berlaku pertempuran.
"Jika berlaku keganasan lagi, pihak tentera tidak akan teragak-agak untuk bertindak ke atas kumpulan Baju Merah," kata Sansern.
Sementara itu AP melaporkan, wartawan yang terbunuh itu adalah wartawan Jepun.
Pengarah Hospital Besar BMA, Pichaya Nakwatchara berkata, wartawan tersebut berkhidmat dengan agensi berita Thomson Reuters. - REUTERS
Rusuhan di Thai 9 mati
Kumpulan Baju Merah bertempur dengan pasukan keselamatan Thailand dalam rusuhan di Bangkok, malam tadi. - AFP
BANGKOK 10 April - Sembilan orang terbunuh manakala beratus lagi cedera apabila pasukan tentera melepaskan tembakan peluru getah dan gas pemedih mata bagi menghadapi berpuluh-puluh ribu penunjuk perasaan yang merusuh dan melontarkan bom petrol di Bangkok, malam ini.
Empat daripada mereka yang terbunuh merupakan penunjuk perasaan, empat anggota tentera dan seorang wartawan, kata Timbalan Gabenor Bangkok, Malinee Sukavrejworakit.
Sekurang-kurangnya 242 orang yang lain cedera termasuk 64 orang anggota tentera dan polis ketika berlaku pertempuran antara penunjuk perasaan dan pasukan keselamatan dekat Jalan Rajdimnoen dan jambatan Phan Fah tidak jauh dari bangunan lama kerajaan dan ibu pejabat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) di Bangkok.
Jurucakap tentera, Sansern Kaewkamnerd berkata, pihak tentera berjaya menawan semula bangunan lama kerajaan itu sehingga ke Jalan Khao San daripada penguasaan kumpulan Baju Merah selepas hampir sejam berlaku pertempuran.
"Jika berlaku keganasan lagi, pihak tentera tidak akan teragak-agak untuk bertindak ke atas kumpulan Baju Merah," kata Sansern.
Sementara itu AP melaporkan, wartawan yang terbunuh itu adalah wartawan Jepun.
Pengarah Hospital Besar BMA, Pichaya Nakwatchara berkata, wartawan tersebut berkhidmat dengan agensi berita Thomson Reuters. - REUTERS
BANGKOK 10 April - Sembilan orang terbunuh manakala beratus lagi cedera apabila pasukan tentera melepaskan tembakan peluru getah dan gas pemedih mata bagi menghadapi berpuluh-puluh ribu penunjuk perasaan yang merusuh dan melontarkan bom petrol di Bangkok, malam ini.
Empat daripada mereka yang terbunuh merupakan penunjuk perasaan, empat anggota tentera dan seorang wartawan, kata Timbalan Gabenor Bangkok, Malinee Sukavrejworakit.
Sekurang-kurangnya 242 orang yang lain cedera termasuk 64 orang anggota tentera dan polis ketika berlaku pertempuran antara penunjuk perasaan dan pasukan keselamatan dekat Jalan Rajdimnoen dan jambatan Phan Fah tidak jauh dari bangunan lama kerajaan dan ibu pejabat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) di Bangkok.
Jurucakap tentera, Sansern Kaewkamnerd berkata, pihak tentera berjaya menawan semula bangunan lama kerajaan itu sehingga ke Jalan Khao San daripada penguasaan kumpulan Baju Merah selepas hampir sejam berlaku pertempuran.
"Jika berlaku keganasan lagi, pihak tentera tidak akan teragak-agak untuk bertindak ke atas kumpulan Baju Merah," kata Sansern.
Sementara itu AP melaporkan, wartawan yang terbunuh itu adalah wartawan Jepun.
Pengarah Hospital Besar BMA, Pichaya Nakwatchara berkata, wartawan tersebut berkhidmat dengan agensi berita Thomson Reuters. - REUTERS
Korban banjir Brazil, 205 orang
Korban banjir Brazil, 205 orang
RIO DE JANEIRO 10 April - Angka kematian akibat banjir di wilayah Rio de Janeiro minggu ini meningkat kepada 205 orang dan ia dijangka bertambah lagi ketika pekerja penyelamat bertungkus lumus mencari mangsa yang tertimbus dalam kejadian tanah runtuh, dalam operasi yang mungkin disambung sehingga esok.
Pengesahan mengenai angka kematian tersebut dibuat dalam satu kenyataan oleh Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Rio de Janeiro, yang turut melaporkan sebanyak 161 yang lain cedera.
Hujan pada sebelah pagi dan petang mungkin mencetuskan kejadian tanah runtuh baru ketika krew penyelamat menggunakan mesin pengorek untuk mencari mangsa yang tertimbus di Morro do Bumba, kawasan yang paling teruk terjejas apabila runtuhan tanah turut meranapkan rumah-rumah di lereng bukit.
Sehingga kini, pekerja penyelamat telah mengeluarkan 27 mayat daripada runtuhan tanah di Niteroi, berhampiran Rio.
Pihak berkuasa bimbang angka kematian akibat kejadian tanah runtuh sahaja bakal mencecah 200 orang. - AP
RIO DE JANEIRO 10 April - Angka kematian akibat banjir di wilayah Rio de Janeiro minggu ini meningkat kepada 205 orang dan ia dijangka bertambah lagi ketika pekerja penyelamat bertungkus lumus mencari mangsa yang tertimbus dalam kejadian tanah runtuh, dalam operasi yang mungkin disambung sehingga esok.
Pengesahan mengenai angka kematian tersebut dibuat dalam satu kenyataan oleh Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Rio de Janeiro, yang turut melaporkan sebanyak 161 yang lain cedera.
Hujan pada sebelah pagi dan petang mungkin mencetuskan kejadian tanah runtuh baru ketika krew penyelamat menggunakan mesin pengorek untuk mencari mangsa yang tertimbus di Morro do Bumba, kawasan yang paling teruk terjejas apabila runtuhan tanah turut meranapkan rumah-rumah di lereng bukit.
Sehingga kini, pekerja penyelamat telah mengeluarkan 27 mayat daripada runtuhan tanah di Niteroi, berhampiran Rio.
Pihak berkuasa bimbang angka kematian akibat kejadian tanah runtuh sahaja bakal mencecah 200 orang. - AP
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash
In this image taken from Rossia 24 television channel TV, pieces of the plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski lie scattered after crashing ne AP – In this image taken from Rossia 24 television channel TV, pieces of the plane carrying Polish President …
* Polish president dies in plane crash Slideshow:Polish president dies in plane crash
By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer Jim Heintz, Associated Press Writer – 21 mins ago
MOSCOW – Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia on Saturday, killing 96, officials said.
Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.
The Army chief of staff, Gen. Franciszek Gagor, National Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer were also on board, the Polish foreign ministry said.
Russia's Emergency Ministry said there were 96 dead, 88 part of a Polish state delegation. Poland's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Piotr Paszkowski, said there were 89 people on the passenger list but one person had not shown up.
"We still cannot fully understand the scope of this tragedy and what it means for us in the future. Nothing like this has ever happened in Poland," Paszkowski said. "We can assume with great certainty that all persons on board have been killed."
The governor of the Smolensk region, where the crash took place about 11 a.m. (0700 GMT), also said no one survived.
State news channel Rossiya-24 showed footage from the crash site, with pieces of the plane scattered widely amid leafless trees and small fires burning in woods shrouded with fog. A tail fin with the Polish red and white colors stuck up from the debris.
"The Polish presidential plane did not make it to the runway while landing. Tentative findings indicate that it hit the treetops and fell apart," regional governor Sergei Anufriev said on Rossiya-24. "Nobody has survived the disaster."
The presidential Tu-154 was at least 20 years old. Polish officials have long discussed replacing the planes that carry the country's leaders but said they lacked the funds. According to the Aviation Safety Network, there have been 66 crashes involving Tu-154s, including six in the past five years. The Russian carrier Aeroflot recently withdrew its Tu-154 fleet from service.
Polish-Russian relations had been improving of late after being poisoned for decades over the Katyn massacre.
Russia never has formally apologized for the murders of some 22,000 Polish officers, but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to attend a memorial ceremony earlier this week in the forest near Katyn was seen as a gesture of goodwill toward reconciliation. Rossiya-24 showed hundreds of people around the Katyn monument, many holding Polish flags, some weeping.
Putin has been put in charge of a commission investigating the crash, the Kremlin said.
In Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an extraordinary meeting of his Cabinet and the national flag was lowered to half-staff at the presidential palace, where people gathered to lay flowers and light candles.
Black ribbons appeared in some windows in the Polish capital.
Poland's president is commander-in-chief of its armed forces but the position's domestic duties are chiefly symbolic. Kaczynski, 60, became president in December 2005 after defeating Tusk in that year's presidential vote.
The nationalist conservative was the twin brother of Poland's opposition leader, former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Kaczynski's wife, Maria, was an economist. They had a daughter, Marta, and two granddaughters.
Kaczynski had said he would seek a second term in presidential elections this fall. He was expected to face an uphill struggle against Parliament speaker Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Tusk's governing Civic Platform party.
According to the constitution, Komorowski would take over presidential duties.
Poland, a nation of 38 million people, is by far the largest of the 10 formerly communist countries that have joined the European Union in recent years.
Last year, Poland was the only EU nation to avoid recession and posted economic growth of 1.7 percent.
It has become a firm U.S. ally in the region since the fall of communism — a stance that crosses party lines.
The country sent troops to the U.S.-led war in Iraq and recently boosted its contingent in Afghanistan to some 2,600 soldiers.
U.S. Patriot missiles are expected to be deployed in Poland this year. That was a Polish condition for a 2008 deal — backed by both Kaczynski and Tusk — to host long-range missile defense interceptors.
The deal, which was struck by the Bush administration, angered Russia and was later reconfigured under President Barack Obama's administration.
Under the Obama plan, Poland would host a different type of missile defense interceptors as part of a more mobile system and at a later date, probably not until 2018.
Kaczynski is the first serving Polish leader to die since exiled World War II-era leader Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski in a plane crash off Gibraltar in 1943.
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Saturday, "This is a horrible tragedy for Poland and we extend to the people of Poland our deepest condolences."
Neighboring Germany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said he was "shocked and full of sadness" at Kaczynski's death.
"All the German people are mourning with our Polish neighbors," Westerwelle said during a visit to South Africa. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_plane_crash
* Polish president dies in plane crash Slideshow:Polish president dies in plane crash
By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer Jim Heintz, Associated Press Writer – 21 mins ago
MOSCOW – Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia on Saturday, killing 96, officials said.
Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.
The Army chief of staff, Gen. Franciszek Gagor, National Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer were also on board, the Polish foreign ministry said.
Russia's Emergency Ministry said there were 96 dead, 88 part of a Polish state delegation. Poland's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Piotr Paszkowski, said there were 89 people on the passenger list but one person had not shown up.
"We still cannot fully understand the scope of this tragedy and what it means for us in the future. Nothing like this has ever happened in Poland," Paszkowski said. "We can assume with great certainty that all persons on board have been killed."
The governor of the Smolensk region, where the crash took place about 11 a.m. (0700 GMT), also said no one survived.
State news channel Rossiya-24 showed footage from the crash site, with pieces of the plane scattered widely amid leafless trees and small fires burning in woods shrouded with fog. A tail fin with the Polish red and white colors stuck up from the debris.
"The Polish presidential plane did not make it to the runway while landing. Tentative findings indicate that it hit the treetops and fell apart," regional governor Sergei Anufriev said on Rossiya-24. "Nobody has survived the disaster."
The presidential Tu-154 was at least 20 years old. Polish officials have long discussed replacing the planes that carry the country's leaders but said they lacked the funds. According to the Aviation Safety Network, there have been 66 crashes involving Tu-154s, including six in the past five years. The Russian carrier Aeroflot recently withdrew its Tu-154 fleet from service.
Polish-Russian relations had been improving of late after being poisoned for decades over the Katyn massacre.
Russia never has formally apologized for the murders of some 22,000 Polish officers, but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to attend a memorial ceremony earlier this week in the forest near Katyn was seen as a gesture of goodwill toward reconciliation. Rossiya-24 showed hundreds of people around the Katyn monument, many holding Polish flags, some weeping.
Putin has been put in charge of a commission investigating the crash, the Kremlin said.
In Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an extraordinary meeting of his Cabinet and the national flag was lowered to half-staff at the presidential palace, where people gathered to lay flowers and light candles.
Black ribbons appeared in some windows in the Polish capital.
Poland's president is commander-in-chief of its armed forces but the position's domestic duties are chiefly symbolic. Kaczynski, 60, became president in December 2005 after defeating Tusk in that year's presidential vote.
The nationalist conservative was the twin brother of Poland's opposition leader, former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Kaczynski's wife, Maria, was an economist. They had a daughter, Marta, and two granddaughters.
Kaczynski had said he would seek a second term in presidential elections this fall. He was expected to face an uphill struggle against Parliament speaker Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Tusk's governing Civic Platform party.
According to the constitution, Komorowski would take over presidential duties.
Poland, a nation of 38 million people, is by far the largest of the 10 formerly communist countries that have joined the European Union in recent years.
Last year, Poland was the only EU nation to avoid recession and posted economic growth of 1.7 percent.
It has become a firm U.S. ally in the region since the fall of communism — a stance that crosses party lines.
The country sent troops to the U.S.-led war in Iraq and recently boosted its contingent in Afghanistan to some 2,600 soldiers.
U.S. Patriot missiles are expected to be deployed in Poland this year. That was a Polish condition for a 2008 deal — backed by both Kaczynski and Tusk — to host long-range missile defense interceptors.
The deal, which was struck by the Bush administration, angered Russia and was later reconfigured under President Barack Obama's administration.
Under the Obama plan, Poland would host a different type of missile defense interceptors as part of a more mobile system and at a later date, probably not until 2018.
Kaczynski is the first serving Polish leader to die since exiled World War II-era leader Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski in a plane crash off Gibraltar in 1943.
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Saturday, "This is a horrible tragedy for Poland and we extend to the people of Poland our deepest condolences."
Neighboring Germany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said he was "shocked and full of sadness" at Kaczynski's death.
"All the German people are mourning with our Polish neighbors," Westerwelle said during a visit to South Africa. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_plane_crash
MP Sibu meninggal dunia
MP Sibu meninggal dunia
Apr 9, 10 12:15pm
Timbalan Menteri Pengangkutan, Datuk Robert Lau yang juga anggota parlimen bandar Sibu meninggal dunia di Hospital Selayang, hari ini akibat barah.
Lau, 68, dari SUPP memenangi kerusi tersebut dengan majoriti 3,235 undi. Beliau menewaskan calon DAP Wong Ho Leng dan calon PKR Lim Chin Chuang.
Kematiannya akan membawa kepada satu lagi pilihan raya kecil - yang kesebelas selepas pilihan raya umum 2008.
Ia juga merupakan pilihan raya kecil kedua di Sarawak selepas DUN Batang Ai.
Pilihan raya kecil tersebut perlu diadakan dalam tempoh 60 hari selepas tarikh berlaku kekosongan.
Pada pilihan raya umum 2008, Lau mendapat 19,138 undi manakala Wong mendapat 15,903 undi dan Lim (812).
Lau mewakili parlimen Sibu sejak 1990.
Dalam pilihan raya umum 2008, parlimen Sibu mempunyai 53,679 pengundi, dengan majoriti kaum Cina (60 peratus), Melanau (20 peratus), Iban (18 peratus) dan Orang Ulu (1.1 peratus).
Keluarga Lau memiliki kumpulan KTS - sebuah konglomerat yang terbabit dalam industri pembalakan dan media.
Kumpulan KTS memiliki beberapa akhbar termasuk Borneo Post dan Oriental Daily News.
Sementara itu, Bernama memetik setiausaha sulitnya, Peter Hu sebagai berkata, Lau meninggal dunia pada jam 11.10 pagi dan persiapan sedang diadakan untuk membawa jenazah mendiang ke kampung halamannya di Sibu.mkini
Apr 9, 10 12:15pm
Timbalan Menteri Pengangkutan, Datuk Robert Lau yang juga anggota parlimen bandar Sibu meninggal dunia di Hospital Selayang, hari ini akibat barah.
Lau, 68, dari SUPP memenangi kerusi tersebut dengan majoriti 3,235 undi. Beliau menewaskan calon DAP Wong Ho Leng dan calon PKR Lim Chin Chuang.
Kematiannya akan membawa kepada satu lagi pilihan raya kecil - yang kesebelas selepas pilihan raya umum 2008.
Ia juga merupakan pilihan raya kecil kedua di Sarawak selepas DUN Batang Ai.
Pilihan raya kecil tersebut perlu diadakan dalam tempoh 60 hari selepas tarikh berlaku kekosongan.
Pada pilihan raya umum 2008, Lau mendapat 19,138 undi manakala Wong mendapat 15,903 undi dan Lim (812).
Lau mewakili parlimen Sibu sejak 1990.
Dalam pilihan raya umum 2008, parlimen Sibu mempunyai 53,679 pengundi, dengan majoriti kaum Cina (60 peratus), Melanau (20 peratus), Iban (18 peratus) dan Orang Ulu (1.1 peratus).
Keluarga Lau memiliki kumpulan KTS - sebuah konglomerat yang terbabit dalam industri pembalakan dan media.
Kumpulan KTS memiliki beberapa akhbar termasuk Borneo Post dan Oriental Daily News.
Sementara itu, Bernama memetik setiausaha sulitnya, Peter Hu sebagai berkata, Lau meninggal dunia pada jam 11.10 pagi dan persiapan sedang diadakan untuk membawa jenazah mendiang ke kampung halamannya di Sibu.mkini
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