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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

May 4, 1983

A libel verdict against the Washington Post was overturned by federal district Judge Oliver Gasch. He said there was no evidence of malice in a Post article about Mobil president William P. Tavoulareas, who initially had won a jury award of $2.05 million for libel.