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01/27/2006:

"Newspaper loses Galloway libel appeal"

...the Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, together with Lords Justices Chadwick and Laws, all dismissed the newspaper's argument that the 2003 story that the MP received money from Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was covered by qualified privilege.

The judges also agreed that the £150,000 damages awarded to the MP by High Court judge Mr Justice Eady in December 2004 should not be reduced.

"Given the seriousness of the key allegation Mr Galloway had taken money from Iraq for personal profit, we can see no basis upon which this court could interfere with the amount of damages."
independent.co.uk