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Truth is an absolute defense to libel in the UK. And pretty much everywhere else in Europe, AFAIK.

Some European countries do have quite strict privacy laws, so a newspaper which obtained the material in a questionable way might have to be cautious (see the News International hacking scandal, for instance).



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