A colleague of the UK professor at the centre of the climate e-mails row says sceptics have embarked on a tabloid-style character assassination .Professor Andrew Watson rallied to the defence of climate scientist Phil Jones, whose e-mail exchange
LONDON - The Press Complaints Commission has dismissed allegations that News of the World newspaper hacked the mobile phones of celebrities, footballers and politicians to glean stories. The media watchdog concluded there is no evidence that the p
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson will be questioned by MPs about phone hacking claims against the paper.Mr Coulson, now Conservative Party director of communications, will appear before the culture and media select committee later. He wi
LONDON - Prosecutors on Friday have started to re-examine evidence in their possession that a top-selling newspaper had illegally phone-tapped a host of celebrities. Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, said he had ordered a review of
The British tabloid News of the World is no stranger to sleaze. It regularly publishes articles accusing the country's leading figures of affairs, fraud and other wrongdoing. Now, in what could be read as karmic retribution, the tabloid finds itself
LONDON - British lawmakers said Thursday that executives from Rupert Murdoch's media group must answer claims that journalists from a tabloid hacked into the phones of politician, celebrities and other public figures Lawmaker John Whittingdale, who
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