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GEORGE Galloway has enjoyed considerable success in the courts during his political career, winning an estimated total of £250,000 in libel damages. In some cases, the disputes have been settled before they reach the courts, but the Labour MP has proved time and again he will call on expensive lawyers when crossed. Mr Galloway’s biggest libel win was against the Daily Mirror and its sister paper in Scotland, the Daily Record, in December 1992. It followed the so-called "Mirrorgate" affair in which a US journalist claimed the Daily Mirror’s then foreign editor, Nick Davies, had been involved in arms dealing...

Newspapers putting same war in a different light Sunday, April 13, 2003 BY BRIAN DONOHUE Star-Ledger Staff [Jersey City, NJ] -- You don't have to read Arabic, or even English, to see the difference between the two stacks of newspapers on sale at the C&M Mini Mart in Jersey City. Stacked near the front door, the English language papers bear photos of American troops and artillery advancing on Baghdad, Iraqi citizens welcoming them, Saddam Hussein's statue being toppled. Over by the rose water and date cookies, the front page photos of Arab papers such as Al Quds and Al Ahram...

An Interview With a Hamas Spokesman The Egyptian al-Ahram Weekly recently printed a telephone interview with Hamas spokesman and leader Khaled Mesh’al from Damascus. Mesh’al survived an Israeli assassination attempt while in Jordan in 1997. Meshal was asked about the call, articulated recently by the PLO leader Abu Mazen, for “demilitarizing the uprising....” He responded, “it is not accepted by the Palestinians. Abu-Mazen's words come at a time when the Palestinians are suffering deeply from the brutality of the Israeli forces.... Israeli forces have also started mutilating the bodies of our martyrs, as they did in Beit Hanoun. Is this...

CAIRO, September 21 (News Agencies) - Egypt's media slammed the U.S. ambassador in Cairo on Saturday after he apparently called for the press to vet commentary on the September 11 attacks, news agencies reported. The spat, highlighting anti-U.S. feeling in the region, erupted when ambassador David Welch attacked a rash of recent press commentary which questioned whether Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda group, including an Egyptian, was behind the attacks, said news agencies. "This can harm Egypt's media in the eyes of the world. I hope newspaper editors take that into account when they review articles before publication," Welch wrote...