Seven public figures have settled their claims against News of the World publisher News Group over phone hacking, News International says.
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NoW phone-hacking claims settled
After days of wet and stormy weather, Georgetown University was able to hold out door commencement ceremonies. Saturday was a glorious day for a graduation. Prominent public figures spoke, and thousands of degrees were awarded. But things fell just short of perfection. The graduation program had a misspelling on the cover. Instead of declaring the name of the institution to be “Georgetown University,” letters were transposed in the latter word. It read “Univeristy.” An unfortunate matter, but it was not clear Sunday whether it was sufficiently consequential to take its place alongside the memorable 2009 episode in which players on the local major league baseball team took the field with uniform shirts reading “N atinals” (instead of Nationals). Read full article > >
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But for 2 letters, Georgetown graduation unblemished
News International remains under pressure from public figures affected by the phone-hacking scandal after its apology and admission of liability.
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VIDEO: Pressure mounts on hacking paper
A number of public figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Annie Lennox, urge the government not to sell off England’s forests.
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Celebrities voice forest concerns
One of the best known — and most controversial — public figures of recent years, who said he never used e-mail, is now a devotee of social media, and is using it as a means of re-emerging in public after several years of low-profile life.
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Rumsfeld: Memoir not like WikiLeaks
More than 50 public figures have added their names to a letter in the Guardian newspaper saying the Pope should not be given the “honour” of a UK state visit.
More than 50 public figures sign a letter in the Guardian newspaper saying the Pope should not be given the “honour” of a state visit in the UK.
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Letter opposes Pope state visit
One of the best-known writers and public figures in Saudi Arabia, Ghazi al-Gosaibi, dies of cancer at the age of 70.
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Diplomat and poet al-Gosaibi dies
