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Phone-hacking claims to be probed

Updated on 09 July 2009

Source PA News

Prosecutors are to look again at claims of alleged phone hacking by the News of the World.

Keir Starmer QC, the director of public prosecutions, said he had ordered an "urgent examination" of material provided by the police three years ago.

The announcement came as police said they would not be mounting a new investigation into claims thousands of public figures had their phones hacked.

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