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This is an archive article published on October 25, 2011

Briefly World: James Murdoch to testify again before UK panel on Nov 10

British lawmakers said they will grill James Murdoch about phone hacking at the now-defunct tabloid News of the World for a second time on November 10.

James Murdoch to testify again before UK panel on Nov 10

LONDON: British lawmakers said Monday they will grill James Murdoch about phone hacking at the now-defunct tabloid News of the World for a second time on November 10. Meanwhile,Monday,Les Hinton,former publisher of the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal,testified before a House panel and said he had no idea hacking was rife when he approved a quarter of a million pound payment to Clive Goodman,the News of the World reporter jailed in 2007 for hacking.

Panetta calls N Korea reckless,slams China

YOKOTA AIR BASE: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta lashed out at North Korea Monday for “reckless and provocative’’ acts and criticised China for a secretive expansion of its military power. Panetta,who visited the US Yokota Air Base on the second leg of a weeklong Asia tour,made the comments in an opinion piece in Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper.

Argentine president Fernandez re-elected

BUENOS AIRES: President Cristina Fernandez has been re-elected with one of the widest victory margins in Argentine history. Fernandez had nearly 54 per cent of the votes cast in Sunday’s election.

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