Conservative backbenchers elect the executive body of their influential 1922 committee, with newer MPs regarded as being more supportive of the coalition gaining ground.

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New faces on Tory 1922 committee

Britain’s media regulator said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB, which has admitted twice hacking into emails to generate a story.

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UK Regulator Investigating Sky News Over Email Hacking

Priscilla L. Buckley, who became known as the den mother of modern American conservative intellectuals through her decades-long stewardship of National Review, the influential magazine founded by her brother William F. Buckley Jr., died March 25 at her family’s estate in Sharon, Conn. She was 90. Read full article > >

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Priscilla L. Buckley, steward of conservative National Review and sister of William, dies

Speaking before the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Mr. Obama reiterated that he would not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran.

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In Speech, Obama Urges Diplomacy and Warns Against ‘Loose Talk of War’

Gil Scott-Heron – the influential US musician, poet and author known as the “godfather of rap” – dies in a New York hospital at the age of 62.

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US musician Gil Scott-Heron dies

TRIPOLI, Libya — Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the influential second son of Moammar Gaddafi who was once seen as the great hope for reform in Libya, is clear on two points: He and his government have done nothing wrong, and they are not going to back down.

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Gaddafi’s son: We will deal with terrorists first and then talk reform

The way the decision was taken to award the contract to supply Tasers to police in England and Wales is questioned by the influential Commons Home Affairs Committee.

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MPs’ concern over Taser contract