11.   On Thursday, the lawyer for one of the advisers said he wanted to call Miss Brawley in the damages phase of the defamation case.

12.   Others said they hoped a public rally could sway opinion in the defamation case.

13.   Showing concern about the scrutiny they are under, the jurors in the Tawana Brawley defamation case asked Thursday that they be sequestered.

14.   Specialists in election laws note that courts have set a higher burden of proof in defamation cases involving political ads.

15.   Susan Sturm, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who has studied defamation cases, says employers must recognize that there are gray areas.

16.   That statute allows judges to dismiss defamation cases involving political advertisements before the legal discovery process begins.

17.   The jury in the Tawana Brawley defamation case deliberated for a third full day on Saturday without reaching a verdict.

18.   The Tawana Brawley defamation case may deserve to be called the trial of the century, but only because it looked as though it might last that long.

19.   A British attorney cross-examining Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in a defamation case has accused him of being untruthful and questioned his assertion that Singapore is a democracy.

20.   Christie has been a vocal campaigner against drugs in sports and last year won a defamation case against a magazine which reported he used performance enhancing drugs.