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Murdochs defy parliament in phone hack inquiry; police arrest former tabloid deputy editor

Murdochs defy parliament in phone hack inquiry; police arrest former tabloid deputy editor

Media titan Rupert Murdoch and his son James defied the British Parliament Thursday and refused to appear next week before a committee investigating phone hacking and bribery by employees of their newspapers. The committee said it had issued summonses to the Murdochs, setting up an extraordinary confrontation between one of Britain’s most powerful men and a Parliament once seen as easily bent to his will.

 

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