The plane crashed as it tried to land amid heavy fog, killing all onboard - President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and a delegation that included Poland's top military leaders as well as many political and cultural figures.

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He hosts off-the-record weekly meetings of the conservative movement's top figures.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- In what is seen as a blow to the Pakistani Taliban, two top figures from the militant group have been seized by security forces, Pakistani officials said.

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The same story is broadly true in the government, though Mr Berezovsky himself denies the close ties widely assumed to link him to such top figures as Mikhail Kasyanov, now tipped to be promoted from finance minister to prime minister.

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