1.   Attorney General Aminul Huq, appearing in person for the government, offered no arguments to support the defamation charge.

2.   Abrams appeared at a pretrial hearing on Tuesday to oppose a motion to expand the suit to include the defamation charge.

3.   Cavallo faces defamation charges over allegations of corruption in the Argentine government.

4.   Insulting computer messages could lead to defamation charges.

5.   The army has dropped the defamation charges against the general but keeps him imprisoned on the others.

6.   The ruling is a blow to brokerages that argue they are protected from defamation charges for allegations made in termination notices they must file with regulators.

7.   A former editor of an opposition newspaper, who is appealing a conviction on defamation charges, has left for an unannounced visit to France, officials said Thursday.

8.   A former Singapore opposition politician will face defamation charges next week in a trial which will be closely watched by human rights groups.

9.   A state prosecutor Wednesday dismissed defamation charges against a Roman Catholic priest who advised parishioners not to vote for a Communist candidate.

10.   A reporter whose expose of corrupt judges landed him in jail on defamation charges was released Wednesday after receiving a presidential pardon.