31.   The Oklahoma breeders association and two of its members filed a defamation suit against Halliburton and the Coalition Against Cockfighting shortly after they began circulating the petitions.

32.   They also wanted to save the university and club from bad publicity or a defamation suit.

33.   Threats of defamation suits were just one way the government insured its electoral success.

34.   This issue is one being cited by the attorney general in the defamation suit against the paper.

35.   Two police detectives who worked on the Ramsey homicide case filed defamation suits against the Boulder police department.

36.   When jurors in the Tawana Brawley defamation suit finally spoke Wednesday, they said they hoped their verdict would satisfy Steven Pagones by clearing his name.

37.   A defamation suit went to trial Tuesday that could reopen the Watergate scandal and bring some of its major figures back into court.

38.   A district court in Frankfurt on Wednesday rejected a defamation suit by carmaker Volkswagen against General Motors Corp. and its German subsidiary, Opel.

39.   A Malaysian lawyer filed three defamation suits Friday against writers of a London publication, an American correspondent and local lawyers.

40.   Amnesty said it was increasingly concerned that Singapore is using civil defamation suits for political purposes, restricting freedom of expression.