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France, Poland Backtrack on Polanski Support

Calls for director's release dropped as public backlash grows

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 1, 2009 4:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – The governments of France and Poland are beginning to distance themselves from Roman Polanski amid a public backlash against earlier support for the film director, who holds passports from both countries. In France—where the foreign minister called for Polanski's release earlier this week—a...   Read full story »

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