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Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 02:00
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Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
133 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Reporters Without Borders has condemned huge libel damages awarded against the Zanzibar independent weekly paper Dira for printing "false and malicious statements" about the children of the autonomous island-state's president, Amani Abeid Karume.

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Country: 
Tanzania [6]

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