Legislator wins in libel case
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LONDON George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament, won a libel suit Thursday against The Daily Telegraph newspaper, which called him &quot;Saddam&#39;s Little Helper&quot; last year after alleging that he was on the Iraqi leader&#39;s payroll.
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Gambian reporters found guilty of sedition or libel will be jailed and owners of libellous newspapers may lose their homes under a new law adopted just weeks after another much-criticized media act was repealed.
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A lawyer specializing in freedom of speech and the Internet said Wednesday he will defend free of charge a 19-year-old publisher of a Web site facing a lawsuit over an article that revealed trade secrets about an Apple computer.
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A Finnish court ruled against a  15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a  clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800  euros ($1,085) in damages and a 90 euro fine.
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A former state lawmaker made drunken boasts about his legislative maneuvers on behalf of an oil field services company but did not swap official acts for bribes, his attorney said in closing arguments Monday.
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A state commission filed ethics charges Tuesday against a judge who won a $2 million libel award from the Boston Herald, accusing him of misconduct for writing threatening and intimidating letters to the newspaper's publisher.
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Publicist Max Clifford agrees to settle a libel action made by Neil and Christine Hamilton over a false rape allegation.
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MP George Galloway has won a libel battle and damages totalling Â£150,000 against the Daily Telegraph over claims he accepted money from Saddam Husseins&#39;s government.
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The decision is a victory for free speech and Internet-rights advocates who argued that although the law was well-intentioned, its effects were unconstitutional.
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A British judge cleared the way for an aide to Arnold Schwarzenegger to face a libel trial for allegedly calling a television presenter a liar after she claimed the actor-turned-politician fondled her.
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The editor of Tempo magazine is jailed for libel, in a case which has raised fears about press freedom.
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Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly called Cat Stevens, wins substantial libel damages from two UK newspapers.
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An Ohio case may be a victory for free speech, but taxpayers will end up footing the bill. Why not hold politicians responsible for paying to defend unconstitutional laws in court?
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A member of the British Parliament, George Galloway, won a libel suit today against The Daily Telegraph of London, which dubbed him &quot;Saddam&#39;s Little Helper
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A protester who went on trial to air his grievances in a planning row is cleared of causing Â£30,000 damage.
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A California judge says Diebold Election Systems broke the law when it threatened students for posting internal company memos on the web. Advocates say this is a precedent-setting victory for free speech on the web, and a warning to litigious companies. By Kim Zetter.
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Libel charges against a Kenyan journalist are dropped, after his lawyers said they were an attack on press freedom.