'Ghost Writer' Polanski rules Europe's Oscars

TALLINN (Estonia): Roman Polanski's political thriller 'The Ghost Writer' , swept the board at the European Film Awards, the continent's version of the Oscars.
The movie won six of the seven categories in which it had been nominated, including best film. Polanski, meanwhile , was named best director , to add to the Silver Bear he won at the Berlin International Film Festival in February on the film's world premiere.
"This is too much.Thank you very much again to all my peers," Polanski, who did not attend the gala ceremony , said in a live internet linkup with the venue in the Estonian capital Tallinn.
"I thank my colleagues, the wonderful crew we had, it was an international effort ," he added.
French-Polish Polanski, 76, had been detained in September 2009 in Zurich, on a US extradition request over a 1977 case of sex with a 13-year-old girl in California . AGENCIES