Jul 9th, 2009 - New York Times
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LONDON — Britain's most senior police officer said Thursday he had ordered a preliminary inquiry into reports by The Guardian newspaper that Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper subsidiary paid about $1.6 million to settle court cases involving allegations that its reporters worked with private investigators to hack into the cellphone messages of numerous public figures.
Among those whose cellphones were tapped or hacked into were the former deputy prime minister and at least one other cabinet minister, The Guardian reported.
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News of the World phone-hacking affair 'very serious', says Gordon ...
Jul 9th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Gordon Brown said today the questions raised by the phone-hacking affair were "very serious". The prime minister told a press conference at the G8 in L'Aquila, Italy: "This raises questions that are very serious, that will have to be considered...

