Person: Frederic Mitterrand

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Kravitz given Legion of Honor in France

France has paid tribute to Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz with its highest award, the Legion of Honor.

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Caine gets top French honour

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67% of French don’t want culture minister to resign

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French minister criticised in ‘boy sex’ row

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Clamour grows to sack 'boy sex' French minister

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Egypt severs ties with Louvre over artefacts

We must separate the art from the dark deeds of the artist

As it is, though, Hollywood apart, most Americans seem to think that Polanski must have what is coming to him and that those who call for bygones to be bygones fail to understand that the law is bigger than any of thosewho break it.

Wed, 07 Oct, 2009

Defiant Polanksi vows to fight US extradition bid

A DEFIANT Roman Polanski yesterday vowed to fight US attempts to extradite him from a Swiss jail cell to be sentenced for having sex with an underage girl 32 years ago.

Tue, 29 Sep, 2009

Polanski's defenders denounce arrest

An international row was brewing today over the arrest of film director Roman Polanski as artists and politicians leapt to his defence.

Mon, 28 Sep, 2009