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U.S. newspaper can be sued in Canada.
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U.S. newspaper can be sued in Canada By PAUL WALDIE Globe and Mail Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - Page A12 A former senior official at the United Nations has won the right to sue The Washington Post for libel in a Toronto court even though the lawsuit has nothing to do with Canada. The case involves Cheickh Bangoura, who headed a UN agency in Africa from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Bangoura's contract was not renewed after a series of articles appeared in The Washington Post which accused him of sexual harassment, financial improprieties and nepotism. Two United Nations' panels later cleared him of any wrongdoing and ordered the organization to pay him compensation. The decision "not to continue [Mr. Bangoura's] employment was tainted by abuse of power on the part of the [UN] Administration," one of the panels concluded. Mr. Bangoura, who moved to Canada in 1997, sued the Post last year for libel in the Ontario...
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