World IN BRIEF : POLAND : Tyminski Allowed to Leave Country
Defeated presidential candidate Stanislaw Tyminski said he has received permission to leave Poland. He said he plans to return temporarily to his family in Canada. Tyminski, who had been ordered to remain in the country pending investigation of slander charges stemming from the campaign, said he was required to post a $100,000 bond before he could leave. Meanwhile, the outgoing president, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, bade farewell to the nation in a television address, apologizing for the “pain” of his nine-year rule.
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