Andy Coulson Gets 18 Months in Tabloid Phone Hacking
Date: 05 July 2014
By ALAN COWELL and KATRIN BENNHOLD
Alan COWELL
Andy Coulson, former senior editor in Rupert Murdoch’s news empire, is sentenced to 18 months in prison for his part in phone hacking scandal that convulsed Great Britain; is found guilty on charge of conspiring to intercept phone messages.
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Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq
Date: 04 July 2014
By MARK LANDLER, MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK MAZZETTI
Mark LANDLER
News analysis; Sunni militants' seizure of large parts of Iraq stuns Obama administration and lays bare limitations of terrorism strategy that relies less on American soldiers and more on training troops in countries where threat abounds; White House, faced with a war-weary American public, is struggling to contain fast-moving Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with measures that officials concede will take months or longer to be effective.
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Carol Loomis, Editor for Warren Buffett, Leaves Job After 60 Years
Date: 04 July 2014
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
Christine HAUGHNEY
Carol Loomis is retiring after 60 years at Fortune magazine as one of the country's most venerated financial journalists.
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Daily Report: Google Begins Deleting Search Links in Europe
Date: 04 July 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Google’s efforts to comply with a “right to be forgotten” court ruling causes an uproar in Europe.
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New Offices Reflect Growth of Busy Anticorruption Agency
Date: 04 July 2014
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW
Didi TATLOW
Amid an intense antigraft campaign ordered by President Xi Jinping, China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced it had increased its offices by 36 percent, suggesting the secretive body’s existing resources have been stretched thin.
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Yanks Stop Twins but Get Discouraging News on Sabathia
Date: 05 July 2014
By PAT BORZI
Pat BORZI
New York Yankees defeat Minnesota Twins, 6-5; Yankees skipper Joe Girardi suggests that troublesome right knee of pitcher C C Sabathia will preclude his pitching again this season.
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