LONDON: Arsenal have fended off a court challenge to their new stadium, clearing the last obstacle to construction of the 60,000-capacity ground in north London.
A number of local businesses and property owners had asked London's High Court to quash the decision of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to confirm a compulsory purchase order for their land so the stadium scheme could go ahead.
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