Polish President Dies....

.... but on the plus side he has an identical twin who can act as a spare, so it's not all bad news.

Poles Apart

Last Week:

Polish MPs have passed legislation making it obligatory to chemically castrate certain sex offenders.

Under the law anyone found guilty of raping children under 15, or close relatives, will be given drugs to lower their sex drive.
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They were part of a bill that also increases jail terms for incest and paedophilia, and criminalises any attempt to justify paedophilia.

This Week:

Oscar-winning director Andrzej Wajda and other Polish filmmakers appealed Monday to U.S. and Swiss authorities to free Roman Polanski, decrying his arrest as a "provocation."

Their appeal came as the Polish and French governments wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and called up Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey about the case.