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Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities as the film director arrived in the country to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival. Polanski was held yesterday on the basis of a 1978 U.S. arrest warrant, the festival organizers said today in an e- mailed statement. The arrest was confirmed by Zurich Cantonal Police spokesman Stefan Oberlin in a telephone interview.
