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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 13, 1993                   TAG: 9302130128
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LONDON                                LENGTH: Short

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MAJOR WINS LIBEL AWARD IN BRITAIN

Prime Minister John Major accepted a public apology and an undisclosed financial settlement Friday in libel actions over allegations that he had an affair with a caterer.

The woman, Clare Latimer, also was awarded undisclosed damages and an apology from companies that produce and sell the New Statesman and Society, a leftist weekly magazine.

The case thrust Major into the center of a debate about press regulation, which has largely focused on reporting about the royal family, and it renewed the determination of some to pass tougher laws.

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