Geo 436 PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not attend the funeral of Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski due to the disruption caused by the huge cloud of volcanic ash over Europe, his office said Saturday. “Because of the exceptional weather conditions which are disrupting air traffic over most of Europe the president will not be able to travel to Krakow to attend the funeral of president Kaczynski and his wife, as planned,” the Elysee palace said in a statement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President Barack Obama, Britain’’s Prince Charles, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other leaders have also cancelled their planned trip. Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other people died in a plane crash in Russia on April 10.
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