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What does the phone-hacking trial mean for News Corp?
The acquittals of Rebekah Brooks and five other defendants at the phone hacking trial was good news for Rupert Murdoch. But what, asks Martin Hickman, is the longer-term outlook for his global empire?
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Newspapers’ plans for press regulation rejected
Culture Secretary Maria Miller tells the Commons that the newspaper industry’s proposals for self-regulation have been rejected – and that the government will now press ahead with its own charter.
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Girl Guides join campaign to end Sun’s page three
Members of Girlguiding UK are backing a campaign to end the Sun’s topless page three models feature, which began more than 40 years ago.
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Scarfe apologises after Israel cartoon furore
Offensive, provocative or anti-Semitic? Gerald Scarfe apologises over the timing of his Sunday Times cartoon, but insists his sketch was a criticsm of Israel’s prime minister – not the Jewish people.
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Sex, spies and scandal as Petraeus resigns
The resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus has provoked a wave of speculation in Washington over the timing and the nature of his departure.
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Olympic chief slams dominance of private school medallists
Lord Moynihan says the high proportion of privately educated medal-winning athletes at previous Olympic Games is “one of the worst statistics in British sport”.
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MP rains on London 2012 parade with ‘leftie’ jibe
As London 2012 stages its spectacular opening ceremony, world reaction welcomes the event – apart from backbench Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who dismisses it as “leftie”.
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Calls for action on gun controls after Aurora massacre
President Obama has called for more gun controls after the Colorado cinema massacre left twelve people dead -but activists say they want concrete action to prevent more violence.
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Battleground America: Obama’s re-election bid begins
Barack Obama is hitting two key swing states in the first bus tour of his re-election campaign. In the battle for the blue-collar vote, he’s bashing his rival Mitt Romney’s big business ties.
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Wikipedia plans web blackout in piracy law protest
Wikipedia joins a wave of online protest against the proposed US legislation Sopa – which it says will damage the “free and open internet” – by going offline for 24 hours on Wednesday.
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Murdoch joins Twitter – but what’s in it for him?
Rupert Murdoch joined the twittersphere at the weekend. But how do the media magnate’s businesses stand to gain from his tweets about politicians, the weather and domestic life?
