Meanwhile in the US, the trial of an accused Lashkar-e-Taiba operative has produced a stream of embarrassing allegations linking ISI officers to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

National Public Radio reported that the Journal article "had footnotes that did not readily support allegations linking a recent rise in leprosy rates to illegal immigrants."

It has, however, not been possible to verify the allegation linking Martin with Hydara's slaying.

In 2002, following allegations in the UK tabloids linking the show's chairman, Angus Deayton, with prostitutes and drug use, the host was asked to resign from the show.

Mr. Tiong, the Malaysian logger, said that allegations linking the foreign logging companies to violence were "ridiculous" and that death threats were "not our Malaysian culture."

Alongside his political career Rauti was also the subject of a series of allegations linking him to the terror campaigns associated with the 'strategy of tension'.

The tone of the statement surprised many here, who took it as a sign that the Government feels increasingly threatened by allegations linking Mr. Samper to drug traffickers.

But no one checked his background to learn of allegations linking him to patient deaths at Liberty and Warren.

Both Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador were excluded from the Hamburg Cyclassics race later in the month after the Tour due to continuing allegations linking both riders to doping.

Anthony Valente said Mr. Gravano's allegations linking Valente Industries to mobsters "were absolutely untrue."