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Former British prime minister Gordon Brown charged Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers hired “known criminals” to obtain information about him, and a senior police official said he was sure his own phone was hacked, as a mounting scandal threatened to further damage Murdoch’s media empire.

The British prime minister announced that his Labour Party would launch formal talks with Liberal Democrats and that he was prepared to step down as party leader.

David Cameron is due to declare to Tory activists that it is his "patriotic duty" to eject Gordon Brown from Downing Street.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced a challenge to his leadership Wednesday from within his own Labour Party, months before a national election that disaffected Labour supporters believe he is sure to lose.