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Harper tells mourners when Poland grieves, Canada grieves

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The death of Poland’s president and 95 others in a plane crash while en route to commemorate a Second World War massacre is a ‘‘cruel irony,’’ Prime Minister Stephen Harper told thousands gathered for a remembrance mass Thursday.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and the others — including many high-ranking government and military officials — died Saturday when the Tu-154 plane went down while trying to land in dense fog at Smolensk near Katyn.

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