41. Although hundreds of libel cases are filed every month, this was the first to involve an international news organization. 42. As a private attorney, he represented Martin Luther King Jr. before the Supreme Court in a landmark libel case. 43. Ashaari Azmi, a prosecution witness, was testifying in a libel case involving Pengkalan Chepa MP Mohd Amar Abdullah. 44. At present four reporters are serving jail sentences for libel cases that press groups in Egypt and abroad have condemned as a setback for press freedom. 45. Authorities bridle at criticism, and libel cases against journalists are common. 46. But Branson pointed out Tuesday that GTECH had been a defendant on the losing side in the libel case. 47. But he said much more information was given to Philip Morris than was required under a subpoena in the libel case. 48. Czech President Vaclav Havel and his wife, Dagmar, dropped their widely criticized libel case against several media organizations Friday. 49. Dozens of other libel cases are pending in Ghananian courts against journalists and publishers. 50. Erzanukaev had traveled to Vienna from France to appear at the second court hearing in the libel case. |