In related news, a federal court in the United States has declared that Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, one of the government-run news services marked for dismantling by the White House, cannot be terminated. The US District Court said that the news services' continued operation, serving listeners overseas, was [quote] "in the public interest." [endquote] According to a report on the Radio Wold website, the judge's ruling on March 26th concluded that [quote] "irreparable harm" [endquote] would result from any shutdown.