LONDON — CNN star interviewer Piers Morgan faces questions Tuesday about his time at the top of Britain’s tabloid industry — widely anticipated testimony that may dredge up allegations his British newspaper career was colored by wrongdoing. Morgan ran two British tabloids — the News of the World and the Daily Mirror — before his editorship was cut short by scandal in 2004. He’s due to give evidence to Britain’s media ethics inquiry by video link from the United States — one of a host of tabloid newspaper executives to face the inquiry, set up in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Read full article > >

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CNN interview star Piers Morgan faces UK media inquiry over former role as UK tabloid chief

A UN expert has says the inquiry into UK complicity in allegations of torture must be open and transparent.

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UK torture inquiry ‘must be open’

Charlotte Church could be among the first to give evidence at the inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking, if she is accepted as a witness.

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Star in hack inquiry witness bid

Charlotte Church could be among the first to give evidence at the inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking, if she is accepted as a witness.

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Star in hack inquiry witness bid

Police investigating milk spiked with bleach at Stockport’s Stepping Hill Hospital say there is no evidence of a link to another inquiry into saline contamination.

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Second inquiry at saline hospital

When Elizabeth Chimento and Poul Hertel began their inquiry into the chalky dust that seemed to cover everything in their north Alexandria neighborhood, they had only three questions: What is it, where does it come from and what are the health effects? But they never asked what turned out to be the hardest question: How do we get rid of the visible and invisible pollution coming from the hulking power plant perched on the edge of the Potomac River? It took years of self-education, money out of their own pockets, and battles with corporate and government officials before they would get an answer. Read full article > >

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How two accidental Virginia activists have (almost) closed GenOn coal plant

The recovery of the data from the jet that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009 could be a crucial step in the inquiry.

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Data Recovered From Air France Flight Recorders

The officer leading the inquiry into the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence two years ago says the case gives him sleepless nights.

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Claudia case ‘haunts’ top officer

Porsche says that its merger with Volkswagen may be at risk after German prosecutors expanded the scope of their inquiry into the company.

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DealBook: Investigation Puts Porsche-Volkswagen Merger at Risk

Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry for a third time, in the last of its scheduled public hearings.

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Straw set to close Iraq hearings

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which is wrapping up its work, has made authorities aware of potential misconduct.

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Panel Investigating Financial Crisis Is Said to Refer Cases to Justice Dept.

British police search a property in Bedfordshire as part of the inquiry into Saturday’s suspected suicide bombing in Stockholm.

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UK search amid Sweden bomb probe

Why is the former PM being recalled to the Iraq Inquiry?

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Blair’s back

Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group’s release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday.

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WikiLeaks founder could face charges

On October 19, the Central Intelligence Agency made public the results of the inquiry by its counterintelligence division into the December 30 bombing of its Khost base in Pakistan and the killing of seven Agency officers.

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Opinion: Is the CIA up to the task?