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Cost of protecting Smolensk memorial cross soars as more guards and police are drafted in

Posted August 19, 2010

The city of Warsaw is spending thousands of zloty protecting the Smolensk memorial cross outside of the Polish Presidential Palace.

The cross, which commemorates the 96 people who died in the April 10 air crash in Smolensk, has already attracted thousands of tourists and just as many protesters.

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Protesters threatened by man with live hand grenade in Warsaw

Posted August 18, 2010

Police in Warsaw say that they have arrested a man who was found to be carrying a live hand grenade outside the Polish Presidential Palace today where protesters were gathering to object to a plaque commemorating the Smolensk victims.

According to police it was at first believed that the 60-year ol…

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