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The British media is reeling after the shock decision to close popular tabloid The News Of The World on Thursday. The paper, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s media group News International, had been subject to repeat allegations over the last 5 years about phone hacking against celebrities and royalty. But new revelations that journalists had listened to the voicemails of ordinary members of the public, including a murdered schoolgirl and war widows, has led to a very public outcry.
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Date Found: July 08, 2011
Date Produced: July 08, 2011
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July 18, 2011
General David Petraeus (pictured), the top US commander in Afghanistan, steps down Monday to take up his new post as Director of the CIA. His successor John Allen, a general who made his name in the Iraq conflict, will be inducted Monday.
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 France 24 |
July 18, 2011
Egypt will swear in a new cabinet Monday following a major reshuffle replacing over half its members. Protesters who camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square since July 8 continue to push for a quicker trial of former President Hosni Mubarak.
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 France 24 |
July 17, 2011
The United Nations said Sunday it had delivered its first supplies of food and medicine to Somalia after hardline Islamist rebels lifted an aid ban. The entire Horn of Africa is suffering from the effects of one of the worst droughts in decades.
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 France 24 |
July 17, 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed not to go into exile despite a new offensive by rebels on the key refinery town of Brega.  In a defiant loudspeaker address to supporters, Gaddafi said he would never leave the land of his ancestors.
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July 17, 2011
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen the leader of one of Egypt’s older political parties and an economist to be his deputies ahead of a planned cabinet reshuffle due to be announced Monday, state news agency MENA reported Saturday.
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