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A sinister new twist in the News of the World scandal

Submitted by kieronb on Fri, 2011-07-29 14:28

News Corporation
News of the World
Phone-hacking scandal
Rupert Murdoch
The Independent

A sinister new twist in the News of the World scandal "Police have warned the mother of Sarah Payne that a phone given to her by the News of the World may have been targeted by a detective working for the paper."

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