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    Scandal hit UK tabloid axed as arrest expected

    Fri, 07/08/2011 - 00:08 EDT - France24.com - Business
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    A phone hacking scandal which brought down Britain's mass-circulation News of the World tabloid threatened to ensnare Prime Minister David Cameron with Friday's expected arrest of his former press chief.Media mogul Rupert Murdoch killed off the 168-year-old tabloid in a stunning move Thursday as the spiralling phone hacking crisis threatened to infect the rest of his empire and taint the country's leader.

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