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A French scientist has been denied entry into the US after he was found to have expressed an opinion about the Trump administration's research policy, the country's research minister has said.

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PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - A French scientist has been denied entry into the United States, apparently because the scientist had expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's ...